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08:49am Fri 15 Jun, 2018
It's not just about being a champion or a winner. 'It's about giving things a shot,” says Alexia Skipper-Jones, Youth Advocate for Parafed BOP, 'and about... Read More
08:48am Fri 15 Jun, 2018
One man's trash is another man's treasure - or a clever student's fashion design. Envirohub's Sustainable Art Challenge attracted 70 entries this year, including... Read More
08:46am Fri 15 Jun, 2018
Theatre. It's one of humanity's oldest forms of artistic expression, likely on par with cave paintings and sharing stories around a flickering fire. And despite... Read More
08:45am Fri 15 Jun, 2018
Not only are our houses and cars getting smarter, our rubbish bins are too. Tauranga City Council installed 10 'smart technology' waste and recycling bin stations... Read More
11:35am Fri 08 Jun, 2018
Glitz and glamour - the roaring 20s are in town and, in a nutshell, it's all about letting loose and having fun. The Grateful Gatsby Gala event at Mills Reef... Read More
11:34am Fri 08 Jun, 2018
The next Harbour City Lions book fair, the 2019 incarnation, starts from scratch, right here, right now. 'So bring out your books,” says Lion and book fair... Read More
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11:30am Fri 08 Jun, 2018
It wasn't going to be a protest. 'More a demonstration of support for a cause,” says Galadriel Forrest. 'A visual petition.” A visual petition, she... Read More
11:29am Fri 08 Jun, 2018
Tauranga City Council is to take over residential kerbside rubbish collections and recycling services from 2021. The decision is supported in the Long Term Plan... Read More
11:28am Fri 08 Jun, 2018
A good dump of snow during May should make for fantastic early season skiing at Whakapapa, says Ruapehu Alpine Lifts The ski season officially opened last weekend... Read More
11:08am Fri 08 Jun, 2018
Tauranga Intermediate pupil Christian Stark is hoping to take home a prize in the Innovation Awards with his invention which takes the messy work out of peeling... Read More
11:06am Fri 08 Jun, 2018
He tore out his eyes in anger and threw them into the sky, creating seven stars. And from just a twinkle in Tawhirimatea's eyes, Matariki was born. Matariki,... Read More
11:05am Fri 08 Jun, 2018
In Ireland, I fast came to learn that not everything is as it seems. Such as the guesthouse in Fethard-on-Sea ¬that wasn't. They had simply never taken the... Read More