Local News
08:16am Fri 06 Sep, 2024
The Waikato-Bay of Plenty branch of New Zealand's Amputee Society is hosting a one-of-a-kind wellness conference in Tauranga on September 14 - and everyone is... Read More
08:15am Fri 06 Sep, 2024
'New Zealand's gonna win!” and 'Yeah, New Zealand's better” rang out from a crowd of Tauranga Intermediate School students this week as they got... Read More
08:15am Fri 06 Sep, 2024
Laura Hollands looks directly down the carpeted pitch and bowls her bowl. All is quiet until her bowl slows and stops within centimetres of the white jack. Her... Read More
08:00am Fri 06 Sep, 2024
'True Colours' is a Split Enz classic - an anthem of sorts, heralding in the age of Aquarius for us ageing hippies of the late-1970s and early-1980s who can... Read More
07:00am Fri 06 Sep, 2024
The Bay of Plenty's most talented young orchestral musicians will perform in a free concert in Tauranga this month. 'A Fanfare of Fantasies' by Youth Philharmonic... Read More
12:00pm Sat 31 Aug, 2024
The Kōpūrererua Valley Rotary Centennial Trust needs 200 volunteers to plant 4500 native trees and shrubs on September 29. This milestone event - part of... Read More
10:00am Sat 31 Aug, 2024
Some evocative Springsteen lyrics started it. Geordie indie rocker Sam Fender unwittingly kicked it along. And between them, they fired the creativity of... Read More
11:43am Fri 30 Aug, 2024
Ella Scown was preparing to move to Canada when she found a lump in her breast. Not confident about the prices of healthcare overseas, the 29-year-old lawyer... Read More
11:43am Fri 30 Aug, 2024
The only Western Bay of Plenty basketballer to have made the New Zealand Under-18 Junior Tall Blacks squad may be rallying for fundraising support but that's... Read More
11:42am Fri 30 Aug, 2024
This weekend's Mount Maunganui Classic is set to make history as New Zealand's largest pickleball tournament when it takes place at the Mercury Baypark Arena... Read More
08:14am Fri 23 Aug, 2024
As the new council got underway, we asked Kulim Park visitors if they wante to see decisions made by the Commissioners reversed by the new council? And if... Read More
08:13am Fri 23 Aug, 2024
In 2020, there were more than 27,000 new cancer cases in New Zealand. By 2040, this number is expected to reach 52,000, according to the Cancer Society of New... Read More