Local News
11:40am Fri 10 Mar, 2017
The newspaper headline yelled '$40 million invested in kiwifruit'. 'Well, imagine if that headline read '$40 million invested in arts and culture' instead,”... Read More
11:33am Fri 10 Mar, 2017
Who has $10,000 to spend on a funeral these days? Instead, you could leave hard-earned funds for your spouse, children, grandchildren or a chosen charity to utilise... Read More
11:09am Fri 10 Mar, 2017
It's that time of year again. Girl Guide biscuit season. But this year is a little different. This year, Girl Guide biscuit sales will hit their 60th anniversary.... Read More
09:31am Fri 03 Mar, 2017
He's swooning over 'Olive'. Fantasising, hands clasped firmly on chest, staring distantly into the air-cooled, rear-mounted stratosphere and grinning as if something... Read More
09:30am Fri 03 Mar, 2017
There was one very miserable German backpacker weeping and there were two other women crying with joy. Feelings were running wild in a Tauranga CBD travel agency. 'It... Read More
09:27am Fri 03 Mar, 2017
Hundreds of 'gone fishing' signs might be hung on the door handles of many Tauranga homes for the next four days, as about 400 anglers head to the waters for the... Read More
09:08am Fri 03 Mar, 2017
Damian Gordon, with a trademark head of wild grey locks, was the youngest of six siblings - all boys. The hair has nothing to do with image, but everything to do... Read More
11:59am Fri 24 Feb, 2017
New Zealand's first on-road, solar-powered electric vehicle charger, 'Electric Station', is now open to the public following an official opening this week. The... Read More
11:47am Fri 24 Feb, 2017
When Bevan and Lisa Hyland decided to build their new home, they decided to build with Signature Homes - a good decision, says Lisa. 'It's the first time we've... Read More
11:45am Fri 24 Feb, 2017
A request went out recently to The Weekend Sun readers asking for help to locate a missing statue of a small boy that once sat in Tauranga's Robbins Park. Tauranga... Read More
11:41am Fri 24 Feb, 2017
It was a cruel catalyst for change. Just one dark moment in early-January. It didn't make the newspapers or the TV, and no-one saw it coming. A 20-year-old committed... Read More
11:36am Fri 24 Feb, 2017
It couldn't have happened at a better time for New Zealand First. MP Clayton Mitchell's anti-siphoning legislation - the bill which would return the All Blacks,... Read More