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03:22pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
It's fun, it's practical and it's educational.'So it'll stand you in good stead,” says Carolyne Taylor, who is Greerton Library's learning centre tutor. 'But... Read More
02:35pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
Te Ariki Berryman, 12, has good news and sad news. A student at Otumoetai Intermediate, and past delivery boy for The Weekend Sun, Te Ariki has also been training... Read More
02:30pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
If you're interested in tiny homes, affordable housing, simple living, building community or just hanging out with cool people, then set aside Thursday, June 22... Read More
01:42pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
The stellar act of Te Puke's historic kiwifruit festival is returning this month in a first step towards breathing life back into the iconic event after an estimated... Read More
01:37pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
He's a four-year-old Singaporean with a sad and rare genetic disorder and he's inveigled his way into the hearts of the Watsons 8500 kilometres away here in Tauranga. 'I... Read More
01:31pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
It was an old-fashioned standoff in a right-of-way in Welcome Bay. The contractors wanted to get into a subdivision for a concrete pour. But there was a blockade.... Read More
01:27pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
There are three young girls that won't let the ways of the world bring them down. Three 11-year-olds with better self-esteem than some women in their 20s. And they... Read More
01:17pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
It's an anthology of stories that will shock, inspire and encourage. It's also a celebration of brave and inspirational women. The book has an elongated, no nonsense... Read More
01:16pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
A local hobbyist film editor is putting out a call for people to dig out their old home movies of Tauranga. Brian Pinny is hoping to collate as much historical footage... Read More
01:11pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
A suggestion from a member of the public that the Bayfair Norfolk pines be transplanted to the Mount main beach is not going to happen because the trees are too... Read More
01:08pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
Bethlehem resident Bruce Scanlon tripped and injured himself near the intersection of Westmoreland Rise and Athfield Drive a few weeks ago, and blames the roadside... Read More
05:01pm Fri 09 Jun, 2017
The shortest day of the year - June 21 - is fast approaching, and Trish Rae from Waipuna Hospice wants everyone in the Bay to don their cutest or most loved pair... Read More












