Local News
11:42am Fri 10 Feb, 2017
Show a little love this Valentine's Day. And show the love to Mauao. The Western Bay Wildlife Trust is looking for an army of volunteers with deep feelings for... Read More
11:40am Fri 10 Feb, 2017
Mount Maunganui's Pacific Coast Technical Institute is offering a nationwide practical beekeeping programme - which is ideal for those pursuing beekeeping as a... Read More
11:38am Fri 10 Feb, 2017
Move over quads - the trikes are riding into tomorrow's Te Puke A&P Show - and will be among an impressive line-up of motors, animals and country antics set to... Read More
08:24am Fri 03 Feb, 2017
It looks like a book, it isn't a book but still tells a wonderful story. 'This sort of thing's not really our business,” says Stephanie Smith, archivist in... Read More
08:15am Fri 03 Feb, 2017
As the old saying goes -'Aim for the moon because if you miss, you may hit a star'. 'What I want to accomplish is for more people in the Bay, across New Zealand,... Read More
08:14am Fri 03 Feb, 2017
One Love organisers want you to sing along to your favourite reggae tune and have a good time with your mates - 'but we'll our best to keep the noise level down,”... Read More
08:03am Fri 03 Feb, 2017
Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Maggie Barry says applications for the second round of funding to support regional cultural amenities is now open. Tauranga... Read More
10:16am Fri 27 Jan, 2017
Celebrated Kiwi musician Tiki Taane loves the fact that tattoos are much more accepted these days. 'When I was 14 it was just gang members getting tattooed so it's... Read More
10:08am Fri 27 Jan, 2017
Have you ever complained until you were blue in the face with absolutely zero resolution? Carmen Hutcheson knows how you feel. The Papamoa woman felt like she... Read More
10:02am Fri 27 Jan, 2017
Hundreds of people are joining Gareth Morgan's political party. The Opportunities Party, founded last November, is going through the registration process with... Read More
10:01am Fri 27 Jan, 2017
His image is peppered with bullet holes. One of the shots passed clean through his left eyebrow. ”I am trying not to read anything into it,” says Paul... Read More
09:59am Fri 27 Jan, 2017
This week the judging panel for the TrustPower Photographic Exhibition faced the monumental task of examining and scrutinising more than 1740 photographs in order... Read More