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09:38am Fri 04 Aug, 2017
Formerly of Katikati, Auckland-based beat maker Montell2099 is making waves in the music world. Real name Montell Pinny, the electronic musician has been building... Read More
09:33am Fri 04 Aug, 2017
In the coming weeks, The Weekend Sun and SunLive will be bringing you the best local 2017 General Election coverage. We'll be asking candidates what they and their... Read More
09:32am Fri 04 Aug, 2017
All it took was the nudge from a wet nose and young Isaac Gray's life was turned around. From the big things like hospital visits to the small things like bath... Read More
09:23am Fri 04 Aug, 2017
Surely it doesn't suggest Greerton is a hotbed of neo-Nazism? Or does the village simply have a healthy intellectual interest in 20th century German history and... Read More
09:20am Fri 04 Aug, 2017
Having a new baby can leave you feeling overwhelmed and tired beyond belief. Trying to decide 'what's for dinner?' can be one of the hardest things to deal with... Read More
12:37pm Fri 28 Jul, 2017
He had half an idea of being a butcher, perhaps a taxidermist. Even an engraver, etching intricate scrollwork on firearms. It would have been a natural progression... Read More
12:36pm Fri 28 Jul, 2017
Te Wharekura o Mauao is marking five years at its Bethlehem campus, in which time the school has gone from strength to strength. Prior to 2012, the Maori medium... Read More
12:33pm Fri 28 Jul, 2017
A nine-year-old girl's thoughtfulness and generosity has brought thanks from the staff of Tauranga Hospital's Emergency Department. Meiah Aitken-Keogh was visiting... Read More
12:25pm Fri 28 Jul, 2017
Does it matter where? Let's just get a museum happening for Tauranga. That seems to be the consensus amongst some of the city's MPs and would-be MPs - including... Read More
12:20pm Fri 28 Jul, 2017
A Tauranga personal trainer is going on the hike of a lifetime up Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness and funds for the Mental Health Foundation of New... Read More
12:18pm Fri 28 Jul, 2017
She is a typically laconic teenager but for her dead cheeky grin and snazzy designer glasses. The word 'good' is lavishly applied. How are you? 'Good.” How's... Read More
11:33am Fri 28 Jul, 2017
It's shaping up to be busy year for House of Science founder and CEO Chris Duggan. The organisation she set up in 2013 to help get science resource kits into the... Read More