It was half an idea that didn't quite take off - the proposed water taxi to Tauranga from the Omokoroa Peninsula. The idea was the brainchild of local ferryman... Read More

A Gate Pa woman has a solution to unwanted and unfortunate given names. 'Maybe it would be better if a name given at birth was just a temporary thing,” says... Read More

The small towns and settlements of New Zealand are the backbone of our country and those in the Western Bay of Plenty are no exception. Te Puke is the kiwifruit... Read More

Three months, three-to-six days a week, and up to five hours a day - that's how long the cast and crew of The Wizard of Oz (Young Performers' Edition) have been... Read More

She didn't know it at the time, but there were two special people at Wellington's St James Theatre for the New Zealand School of Dance's 50th anniversary graduation... Read More

One of the world's leading reggae music festivals and the nation's favourite festival experience, One Love, returns to Tauranga this summer. Festival promoter... Read More

Katikati Community Board chair Jenny Hobbs says the community doesn't want the Katikati bypass to get 'tangled up” in a debate about roading needs for the... Read More

Preliminary works on the $120m Bayfair to Baypark project will continue mostly at night next week, with traffic delays expected from Sunday evening (January 21). Contractors... Read More

The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga has begun 2018 with the outstanding news that the garden has received a prestigious honour. The New Zealand Gardens Trust has registered... Read More

The fourth edition of the Compressport Mount Festival of Multisport is all set for January 19-21 January, with a range of athletic and community events to pull... Read More

She was a hard-nosed Tauranga business woman and staunch feminist who took an each way punt on a racehorse to make a political point. The horse was Prince of Penzance,... Read More

A new road safety advertising campaign is directly challenging speeding drivers to slow down and stop defending their perceived 'right' to speed. The joint NZ Transport... Read More