Two aspiring singers will be awarded a $2800 scholarship to crescendo their opera careers. Tauranga Opera Forum - a group of volunteers who enjoy opera - are awarding... Read More

For someone who used to be painfully shy and afraid of public speaking, scientist Dr Michelle Dickinson, aka Nanogirl, has certainly overcome her fears via her... Read More

Phyllis Watson can still recite the alphabet backwards and everyday does four 'laps' to the letterbox and back. Like many people, she is young at heart and wasn't... Read More

Santa Claus is coming to Papamoa this weekend for the first of the region's Christmas parades. Around 50 floats will make their way down Dickson Road to the Papamoa... Read More

Allen Robinson remembers travelling to the old tennis courts with his trusty wooden racket and his family in toe, often spending more time at the club than at home. On... Read More

Fans of big, passionate orchestral sounds should be at Baycourt this Sunday afternoon for Bay of Plenty Symphonia's last concert of the year. Our own community... Read More

The first weekend in December will be a busy one for lovers of all things Christmassy. From 10 -4 Saturday and 10-2 Sunday the Papamoa Christmas Art Fest will be... Read More

It's a wonderful blast of art deco, a stop-and-ogle landmark down Mainstreet Te Puke. It's the multi-screen movie complex, the historic Capitol Cinema. And it's... Read More

With amazing new floats, a host of well-known cartoon and movie characters, entertainment, music and, of course, the big guy himself, Downtown Tauranga's promising... Read More

The annual toy run is back, withhot rods, muscle cars and classics rides ready to cruise through Tauranga for a good cause. The Tauranga Toy Run returns on December... Read More

There's scone the noun - as in someone's head. There's scone the verb - to scone someone, to strike them, scone them on the scone. A person can be a scone, implying... Read More

Freedom campers in the Western Bay of Plenty will sleep 'uneasy” when daily monitoring of popular park-up spots starts in mid-December and runs through to... Read More