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Surfing through the tough stuff

It's a programme that uses surfing to transform troubled lives. And the value of the Live for More programme has been acknowledged by the Legacy Trust which has... Read More

Classic Flyers roars to life

The roar is deafening and it spits flames. And for anyone with the faintest attachment to flying and aircraft, that in itself must be worth the gold coin admission... Read More

Girls tackle cost barrier

Papamoa College students have decided to take action, after noticing a gap in the Bay of Plenty market for affordable sanitary products. Moraka Menstrual Cups... Read More

Mount RSA celebrates 50 years of snooker

The Mount Maunganui RSA is hosting the 50th anniversary of the RNZRSA national pairs snooker tournament over Queens Birthday weekend (June 1-2). Mount Maunganui... Read More

Happy as a pig in poop

It's hard to figure where the farmyard stops and the farmhouse starts. That's because the ducks and chooks, the goat and dogs, and the pigs - yes pigs -... Read More

Students contribute ideas for Omokoroa playground

Students from five Western Bay schools are putting on their thinking caps to come up with ideas for the new Omokoroa Domain playground planned by Western Bay... Read More

Joint replacement becomes social occasion

Would you like the opportunity to chat about your joint replacement? Perhaps pore over some new or old orthopaedic implants? Or simply give Walk for Wishbone a... Read More

Tauranga Synchro stars to perform at Championships

Tauranga's top synchronised swimmers are training almost full-time as the city prepares to host the North Island champ's. Tauranga's Synchronised Swimming... Read More

Artist wins Fieldays No.8 Wire Art Award

Artist Gaye Jurisich has taken out top honours in the 2019 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award with her captivating piece labelled Snare. The Fieldays... Read More

Marriage battling against statistics

Aimee-Leigh is in the market for love, true love, meaningful enduring love. Marriage. And nothing short of it. 'Absolutely! I can't wait until I do.”... Read More

Sixty years of breeding budgies

Champion Tauranga budgie breeder Warren Kilmister is elated that his cobalt blue and green 'big boys” won some of the hotly contested sections of the... Read More

Filming seaweed foraging

Filmmakers Antoinette Wilson and Jordan Osmond have been busy making short documentaries about permaculture, food forests and sustainable living. When... Read More