Local News

Planning for the future of central Tauranga

Work is being done on a 30-year blueprint for the future of Te Papa Peninsula. Te Papa is the historical name of the peninsula in which Tauranga was originally... Read More

Saving lives one AED at a time

A new AED Defib installed outside the Lucky 7 Superette in Mangatapu is up and running thanks to the Tauranga Rotary Club. Tauranga Rotary president Ross... Read More

Inspiring women through sport

Clare Williamson is determined to get more women into martial arts. The amateur female fighter and trainer with The Martial Arts Academy (TMAA) is inspired... Read More

Sirens will signal tsunami threat

Ten to twelve tsunami warning sirens will be installed along 15 kilometres of coastline from near Mount Maunganui Primary School to Papamoa East. They... Read More

Brass band stoked on win

Tauranga City Brass is buzzing after taking home gold at a national competition in Hamilton last weekend. The brass band won the C Grade division at the... Read More

“I would do it all again”

It was an unpopular war - widely opposed on moral grounds. And Corporal Erik Kristensen from Pyes Pa felt it personally. When he was repatriated from... Read More

Another link in the chain

It's just a short 1.5 kilometres but another crucial link in the 19-kilometre Omokoroa to Tauranga cycleway. It begins at the new Tamihana Park and runs... Read More

Lions roaring for books again

One finishes and another starts. We're talking the Harbour City Lions annual book fair… and the 2019 edition of this Tauranga institution which feeds... Read More

Retreat beats the street

Street Retreat is one of the many volunteer-run initiatives making life easier for rough sleepers in Tauranga. Radio hits were on full blast at the drop-in... Read More

Museum scores exhibit coup

'It's just a dusty pile of nothing.” Classic Flyers boss Andrew Gormlie is right. A few cane struts here, a bit of metal tubing there, a tangle of... Read More

Discovering an inner strength

A Te Puke community hub wants to help Bay of Plenty women live in freedom, overcome trauma and discover their self-worth. EmpowermentNZ is launching a free... Read More

Seafarer’s welcome to refurbished mission

The united Seafarer's Mission has had such a spruce up in recent times, people are walking out thinking they are in the wrong place. Mission chair Jeff... Read More