A rare awarding of two New Zealand Cadet Forces Medals occurred in town this week - to honour two people who have each given 12 years of service to Tauranga's 16... Read More

If you hadn't noticed already, the train doors at Memorial Park have been jazzed up. Local artist Jan Morrison has taken the blank canvas that was six tunnel doors... Read More

'I have done one thing few men have done,” says Tauranga identity Trevor Blaker reflecting on the 36,500 days or 100 years he has engaged with this planet. 'I... Read More

Tauranga residents are invited to a three-day festival of music, arts and sustainability held on private farmland deep in the heart of the Waikino Valley in Waihi... Read More

Fifty times, 50 days, in anticipation for her big 5-0. Yes, Tauranga woman Ann Wicken from R.I.S.E Food and Fitness will summit the equivalent of Mount Everest-and-a-bit... Read More

If you're getting tired of living in a big house with too many rooms to clean, or you're looking to considerably downsize, then listen up. Mauao Performing Arts... Read More

Emotional pressure's being heaped on the New Zealand Transport Agency to build a bypass around Katikati before it 'becomes a grubby little strip town” offering... Read More

When Steffi August is troubled, she seeks the wise counsel of a mountain. 'Mauao is so powerful,” says Steffi, who claims a deep spiritual connection with... Read More

Cosplay might seem weird to some people, fun for some, and scary for others. But for Otumoetai resident Courtney Smith cosplay is as much of a way of life as anything... Read More

More than 1000 Tauranga pupils will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the world's longest Chinese Whispers next month. In conjunction with Hearing... Read More

Two children may live as the result of a Te Puke woman's brush with death 39 years ago. And her benevolence. Delcie Martin was 'clinically dead” when she... Read More

Forget the five-hour rides and the leg-burning, lung-busting hills - Tauranga's Courteney Lowe's cycling secret this year could well be chocolate. The 25-year-old... Read More