Local News
09:08am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
No one has died. Not yet. But it could be only time. They are the jumpers, the people who trespass on the rail bridge over the Chapel St causeway, using it as... Read More
09:07am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
When the gun went off at 7am on January 2, 1990, more than 230 individuals and 80 team swimmers plunged into the tide and headed into a maze of boats clustered... Read More
09:07am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
Ron Briggs has a lot in common with the Toyotas he peddled at an Auckland caryard for 40 years. Both Ron and the Toyotas just keep going. Being 76 years old... Read More
09:06am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
Backflips, rulers and the train will be some of the many freestyle motorcross stunts Tauranga can expect to see this weekend. Some of the world's best motorcross... Read More
09:05am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
'You can be called the director, but you can't direct a show without a good team.” It's not a one-man band, but Jonty Climo is the brain behind 16th Avenue... Read More
09:04am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the skies are blue, but instead of lazing in a hammock or going for a swim, you're back at work - or maybe you didn't... Read More
09:03am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
A children's book written to support whanau of premature babies will be gifted free to families whose babies go through one of New Zealand's six Neonatal Intensive... Read More
09:02am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Wildlife Trust founder and Tauranga Holistic Vet Dr Liza Schneider's 10 children's books are being donated to Western Bay libraries... Read More
08:56am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
Clydesdales, old engines - including vintage cars, motorbikes and farm machinery - will be on show in Kawerau this month at the annual 'Farming like Grandad' event. The... Read More
09:34am Fri 04 Jan, 2019
PET's a 1.5 litre plastic drink bottle. It lies discarded in the sand of Pilot Bay - a thirst slaked, now empty and abandoned, job done. PET - an anacronym for... Read More
09:33am Fri 04 Jan, 2019
Be as sniffy as you like about the 'booch', but it's now a 'significant category” in the beverage space. So says Alex Campbell - CEO of Greerton-based Good... Read More
09:33am Fri 04 Jan, 2019
It didn't make sense. But it did make sense. As a recessive gene claimed more and more of my hair, the longer I would spend in Werner Gamma's barber chair. The... Read More












