This year's Anzac Day Civic Service will be held at 9am on Wednesday, April 25 at Memorial Park, Tauranga, commemorating 103 years since the Battle of Gallipoli. Free... Read More

They say good things come in threes - an adage that could not be truer for the Thorburn family when it comes to musical theatre. Father Ian Thorburn, and his sons... Read More

If throwing a frisbee on the beach or in the back yard appeals to your sense of fun, you might like to try ultimate frisbee. The sport was developed in the USA... Read More

My husband is a paramedic. He comes home after a 12-hour shift with some amazing stories sometimes - tales of life and death, despair and elation. Other shifts,... Read More

If you've ever seen the colossal squid at Te Papa Museum in Wellington, you'll know it's not something you forget in a hurry, says Mount Maunganui College student... Read More

Water is our lives - we bathe in it, we play in it, and we are it. 'If you drink a glass of water it goes through your entire body and surrounds your brain, becoming... Read More

'No doubt about it,” says Sallie Laurie Bell. 'One story in The Weekend Sun and we more than doubled the congregation at our Memorial Park Easter Sunday dawn... Read More

There is a real danger that Tauranga will fall behind and become known for its low wages if employers don't join the growing movement to pay their staff a living... Read More

A device developed in Tauranga aimed at keeping kids safe online has won a major technology award. Local organisation Safe Surfer has developed the new 'Lifeguard'... Read More

Kaiden doesn't make friends easily. That's often the way with children with autism spectrum disorder. But when Murphy, a 13-week-old labradoodle, moseyed up to... Read More

An exhibition that told the stories of the creation of Tauranga city from a time of conflict and battle is to be auctioned off. The Battle of Gate Pa Exhibition... Read More

'My perfect day is an autumn day, with autumn leaves scrunching under my gumboots.” This was one young woman's deepest wish when The Weekend Sun sought independent... Read More