Local News
12:40pm Fri 05 Jul, 2019
The Blue Light navigator programme is urgently seeking volunteers to help youth learn to drive. The pilot programme has 43 students waiting to be paired... Read More
11:07am Fri 05 Jul, 2019
Zahnee Riley-Campbell measured 168cm when she went into surgery and came out 4cm taller. 'I woke up from the surgery taller than mum and I have grown since... Read More
11:06am Fri 05 Jul, 2019
A Tauranga businessman is angry and upset at losing his prime Tauranga waterfront shop site, after being outbid by the operators of i-Site. 'I feel I have been... Read More
12:17pm Fri 28 Jun, 2019
More than 100 rough sleepers are turning up regularly for a free Monday night meal in the Tauranga CBD. Street Kai gets together every Monday for 'Milo... Read More
12:14pm Fri 28 Jun, 2019
Mount Maunganui College senior students are getting ready to brave the cold ocean waters this Wednesday at the school's annual Polar Plunge. The event... Read More
12:12pm Fri 28 Jun, 2019
The Project, Services and Operations Committee voted unanimously to support an additional $1m for the Kulim Park redevelopment on June 18. The funding would come... Read More
11:48am Fri 28 Jun, 2019
Claude was dying from esophageal cancer. That's not his real name but out of respect and privacy, he will be Claude. Claude was also torn. His oncologist... Read More
11:47am Fri 28 Jun, 2019
Little bells, children's bells, gently tinkling in the breeze. And their ringing is a reminder about the giving of the greatest gift. Life itself. 'To the... Read More
11:31am Fri 28 Jun, 2019
An Australian social enterprise that rescues hair and beauty salon waste is now combing its way through Tauranga salons. Rodney Wayne Bethlehem is one of six... Read More
11:28am Fri 28 Jun, 2019
He's got a way to go, although he has the movie star good looks, perfect teeth and a smile that would melt the hardest, coldest, steely heart. 'Told you,”... Read More
11:27am Fri 28 Jun, 2019
In Adelaide it's called 'rubbish shame”. A local council's proposing rolling-out see-through wheelie bins to embarrass residents into better practises.... Read More
11:26am Fri 28 Jun, 2019
Carol Bisset's art installation at The Kollective speaks of childhood memories and the connectedness that comes through a sense of belonging. 'The use of... Read More












