Local News
04:30pm Fri 11 Nov, 2016
Due to the success of The Real Ōpōtiki exhibition at Toi Tu Studio One in Auckland, Ōpōtiki art will continue its tour of the country with an exhibition in... Read More
09:53am Fri 11 Nov, 2016
Bay residents can be part of a free worldwide event this Sunday at Mount Drury and show kindness is the common thread that unites us all - regardless of the differences... Read More
09:38am Fri 11 Nov, 2016
'The odds are better than Lotto that we're going to cop a tsunami at some stage. And it's not going to be nice.” Prophet of doom, scaremongerer? Neither,... Read More
09:36am Fri 11 Nov, 2016
Just after noon tomorrow age and elegance will command right of way at Tauranga Airport. Pilot Keith Mitchell will nose the ZK-AWP out onto the runway, turn her... Read More
09:17am Fri 11 Nov, 2016
This year marks a significant cultural achievement in Tauranga's theatrical history. It is 80 years since 16th Ave Theatre launched, and the rest, as they say,... Read More
09:05am Fri 11 Nov, 2016
It certainly wasn't love at first sight. 'I thought she was…umm…heavy-arsed looking,” says John Redding. 'She' is a car. 'A big-bottomed girl,”... Read More
09:00am Fri 11 Nov, 2016
People of all ages can relive their childhoods and get back in the dirt in a fun-filled, mud-filled event set for this weekend. Yes - Matahui School's Mud Run is... Read More
08:22am Fri 11 Nov, 2016
'I don't want a headstone, I want a tree.” That maybe Karen Summerhays' choice for eternity but is there sufficient support in Te Puke for a natural conservation... Read More
08:16am Fri 11 Nov, 2016
Thanks to a private donation, the Tauranga Arts Festival has been able to purchase a one-fifth share in the Pacific Crystal Palace, the relocatable venue that has... Read More
03:00pm Fri 04 Nov, 2016
'We thought: 'We're only in our early 40s' so it was like: 'Do it now while we were still young and if it didn't work out we were still young enough to make it... Read More
02:00pm Fri 04 Nov, 2016
He's picked a more manageable battle this time round. 'A winnable battle in a swingable seat,” says Tamati Coffey, the former TV weather presenter-turned-successful... Read More
12:00pm Fri 04 Nov, 2016
Free family fun - and lots of laughs - is what's on offer at Katikati's first ever Pioneer's Picnic this Sunday, November 6, from 11am. Western Bay Museum is inviting... Read More