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02:36pm Fri 13 Oct, 2017
It's not often a restaurant opens to such critical acclaim and closes a week later. However, it's been confirmed. Greenpark Primary's pop-up restaurant, The Ruapehu,... Read More
02:35pm Fri 13 Oct, 2017
Aspiring poets keen to perform their work live will have a chance to do just that next Wednesday at the Tauranga Poetry Slam. The event, similar to others held... Read More
02:31pm Fri 13 Oct, 2017
While New Zealand's signing of the United Nations' Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons went largely unnoticed during the frenzy of the General Election... Read More
02:15pm Fri 13 Oct, 2017
The fabric of Katikati - what it is and where it's come from - is depicted in murals and other artworks around the town. Sixty nine in all - now make that 71 because... Read More
02:14pm Fri 13 Oct, 2017
An art exhibition is transforming four popular sites reflecting the hustle and bustle of Tauranga city life. The Future Machine, which is part of the Tauranga Arts... Read More
12:39pm Fri 13 Oct, 2017
Bay of Plenty petrol heads and speed demons will be lining up on the grid for the opening of the 2017/2018 season at Baypark Family Speedway on October 21. The... Read More
12:33pm Fri 13 Oct, 2017
A sale of artwork intended to support the Bay of Plenty hearing-impaired community more than 30 years ago will now go ahead after the pen and ink prints turned... Read More
12:25pm Fri 13 Oct, 2017
They'll gather in the early morning gloom on the slopes of Hopukioe or Mount Drury. About 50 people all told - and adherents of the global faith of Baha'i. And... Read More
12:24pm Fri 13 Oct, 2017
A University of Auckland research student has arrived in Tauranga to gently prise open two major local disasters to gain an insight into how they affected voting... Read More
11:25am Fri 13 Oct, 2017
Maddie Mckenzie didn't wish for anything fanciful - she didn't want to be flown to the moon, or Disneyland, be a millionaire, or meet Katy Perry. When the Make-A-Wish... Read More
11:24am Fri 13 Oct, 2017
If you want to go to school and clown around, that's absolutely fine with Rowan Ford Dawson. Because he's made a career out of it and now he's part of a plan to... Read More
11:21am Fri 13 Oct, 2017
Off the back of a strong performance against Otago, the Bay of Plenty Steamers will take on Waikato in the Bayleys Battle of the Kaimais on Saturday afternoon. In... Read More