Ladies, find your fascinator, and gents, dig out your top hat because the Melbourne Cup Rotary Charity Carnival is back. Tauranga Te Papa Rotary has been busy organising... Read More

It's addictive apparently. And it traverses the generations. Ask the Oldfields. Dad Mike Oldfield built a model railway for his son when he was a boy. Now the... Read More

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be inside a video game? If you step inside the lift at Tauranga Art Gallery you'll come pretty close. Papamoa artist... Read More

'Blimmin' darling woman!” That's how a cash-strapped Papamoa mum describes the Samaritan who stepped in and salvaged a dire situation at the supermarket... Read More

For two years they've been hunting for a better place to practise. A big open space, with high ceilings and room to tumble. And finally, after two years, they've... Read More

'The Power of Love' by Huey Lewis and the News. Campbell 'Mack' McKenzie will be giving the 1985 hit the treatment at the Mount Busking Festival this Sunday. 'Very... Read More

Not many people will be thinking about running another race at the end of the inaugural Tauranga International Marathon. But Ryo Miyanami will be tacking on an... Read More

'I liken it to living with a difficult four-year-old,” says Rachael. We will call her Rachael simply to preserve her dignity and loyalty to a husband we will... Read More

Auckland gave it a resounding no. So did Hamilton and now Tauranga is mulling over one of the more divisive issues of the time. It's Easter Sunday trading - should... Read More

Luke Chivers is taking the brave step of discussing his near-death experience with bulimia in the hope it encourages other men to seek help. The former Bethlehem... Read More

The Waipuna Hospice shop won Greerton Village's Cherry Blossom Best Dressed Window competition. The prize is a $750 marketing package with The Weekend Sun newspaper... Read More

Visitors to Te Puna Quarry Park will soon be stepping through a kuwaha, or carved gateway, created by local carver Morris Wharekawa. The Te Puna Quarry Park Society... Read More