Local News

Noise complaints causing uproar in Greerton

Multiple noise complaints are threatening the Greerton community's use of its local hall, and a childcare centre is having to take costly measures to tackle noise... Read More

Walking for those who no longer can

Tauranga residents will have a chance to walk for those who no longer can this weekend, at the annual Walk 2 D'Feet Motor Neurone Disease. Motor Neurone Disease... Read More

Protest may be only option

Ill-feeling is simmering in Katikati, and there has even been talk of 'civil disobedience'. The proposed Katikati bypass has been put on the back-burner and,... Read More

Basking in the beauty the Bay has to offer

Celebrate the beauty and diversity of our region at the Bay of Plenty Garden and Art Festival this month. With 70 beautiful gardens and more than 50 artists,... Read More

Out with a bang

'I don't want it to live, to be honest. I'd rather it go gracefully and in one piece.” So Ben Critchley will do just that, by giving his '98 Toyota Corolla... Read More

The purple and red Olympics

It's a games that will make you giggle. Throwing ducks into a roasting pan or ping pong balls into bra cups. The Limpy Games is the Red Hatter group's version... Read More

Business celebrated in Te Puke

A Te Puke property management and investment company has taken home top honours at the 2018 Te Puke Business Awards. Jellicoe Industrial Park also won the Ag/Hort/Industrial... Read More

The aftermath of an avalanche

A Tauranga climber who dug herself out to safety after being buried by an avalanche in the South Island is safe and well. Bay of Plenty adventurer Jo Morgan was... Read More

Stone columns mark milestone for new road link

The first of 3400 stone columns, which would reach from Mount Maunganui to Waihi Beach if they were laid out end-to-end, have been installed on the Baypark to... Read More

Sustainability inspires concept garden

They're called concept gardens, and will live on well beyond the Bay of Plenty Garden and Art Festival later this month. Six local landscape designers/architects... Read More

Views on whitebait management sought

With four of New Zealand's six whitebait species classified as threatened or at risk of extinction, the Department of Conservation is consulting New Zealanders... Read More

Gold quality food at Mount childcare centre

Kumara and chickpea curry, beef chilli, and wholemeal pasta salad with chicken, corn, peas, tomato, broccoli and cheese. Impossible meals to get into a toddler,... Read More