Local News

Magical wonder of elegant dining

Two white fox faces swirl through a magically intimate tableau. Did you really see them? You glance back, but the Delphic duo have vanished again into the late... Read More

Dingle Pedallers raising funds for youth

The Dingle Pedallers, made up of four gentlemen with an average age of 70, are cycling the length of the country to raise funds for the Graeme Dingle Foundation.... Read More

The Great K Valley Adventure Race

The Great K Valley Adventure Race is back for a second year. The event, which runs on the cycleways in and around Tauranga's Kopurererua Valley - or 'K Valley'... Read More

Yarning about kids’ books

Yarn bombers will once again be decorating Greerton's trees to acknowledge the wonderful non-profit organisations that support so many people in Tauranga. Leigh... Read More

The great kumara conundrum

The response has been consistent from seasoned kumara growers and experts. 'Nah, never. I can't remember ever seeing that. It's very rare.” Jenny Lucey's... Read More

On a pathway to success

Three students have landed the opportunity to further develop their knowledge and skills with the assistance of a scholarship. The Omokoroa Lions Club recently... Read More

Insect numbers continue to fall

We don't hesitate to get a can out to zap the buggers, or pour pesticides all over our precious plants. But they're little things that make a big impact, and... Read More

“Scares the hell out of you”

The train driver calls it the 'long loud” - a sustained and desperate blast of the locomotive horn. It's not just that perfunctory honk indicating the train... Read More

Tie a yellow ribbon (on the terrapin)

Don't kill the turtle! Spare the turtle, bring the turtle home. It's loved and missed in Katikati, some half-an-hour and 36 kilometres up State Highway 2 from... Read More

Cook Strait swim goal has come early

Georgia Bavington's goal to swim the Cook Strait could be achieved earlier than planned. Currently fifth on the list of potentials, the 15-year-old could get... Read More

Creating his own superhero

He's a young creative and a budding entrepreneur. He's also self-published and soon to be on the shelves. Did we mention that he's also nine-years-old? Young... Read More

Jack tells rats to hit the road

In some ways, Jack Miller is the modern-day Pied Piper of Hamelin, but a little more noble and a lot more local. Welcome Bay, in fact. The original rat-catcher... Read More