Local News
09:27am Fri 02 Nov, 2018
The farmer has been written out of the children's ditty 'Old McDonald had a Farm'. 'Yes, it's back to the forest,” says children's author Rebecca Larsen... Read More
09:25am Fri 02 Nov, 2018
Housing New Zealand is now a pet-friendly landlord, with tenants now allowed to keep dogs, cats, livestock animals kept as pets, birds, fish and small animals... Read More
09:25am Fri 02 Nov, 2018
Today The Weekend Sun continues its journey through Melanesia with Tauranga Labour MP Jan Tinetti and a parliamentary delegation. The delegation was looking at... Read More
09:24am Fri 02 Nov, 2018
It has all the hallmarks of Victor Kiam - the amiable American entrepreneur who liked the Remington shaver so much he went out and bought the company. When a... Read More
09:24am Fri 02 Nov, 2018
It's not all about crackles and booms, and the chances are your pet will suffer from some degree of anxiety and fear during Guy Fawkes' night. With more than... Read More
09:22am Fri 02 Nov, 2018
Dig out your trees and baubles, blow up your inflatable Santa and start untangling your strings of Christmas lights, because now is the time to plan for and enter... Read More
09:21am Fri 02 Nov, 2018
Updated plans to improve the safety of State Highway 2 between Waihi and Tauranga have been announced, with some projects going ahead immediately and others on... Read More
09:20am Fri 02 Nov, 2018
St Thomas Moore Catholic School at Mount Maunganui has become the first school in New Zealand to receive a sentinel garden. The science/biosecurity awareness... Read More
03:30pm Fri 26 Oct, 2018
When Tauranga's Dion Seeling broke his neck playing rugby as a teenager, the local rugby 'family' rallied around him. So too did the New Zealand Rugby Foundation,... Read More
03:24pm Fri 26 Oct, 2018
Tauranga's Rob McGowan has loved plants ever since he was old enough to grab one in his tiny fist. This fascination grew when he was given responsibility for... Read More
03:21pm Fri 26 Oct, 2018
It won't be a meeting where you sit around in a circle and share your problems. Tauranga's new Insight Endometriosis volunteer, Katie Bear, is aiming to nurture... Read More
03:20pm Fri 26 Oct, 2018
Halloween trivia is as rich and fascinating as the history of the festival itself. Did you know, for example, that a quarter of all lollies sold annually in the... Read More