Local News

Need for navigators

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

Tauranga teen slowly stepping up

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

Site grab stymies Flux

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

‘Milo Night’ bringing aroha to Tauranga

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

Plunging into the cold for cancer

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

Committee support $1m funding for Kulim Park

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

‘Best day’ concept gets traction

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

Something tinkling in the wind

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

Hair today, gone tomorrow

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

Out in the waves and out of trouble

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

Happy ‘Tip it Tuesday’

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

Paper chain connections at Kollective

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