The normally quiet and reserved drummer in the Baptist Church band responded to the would-be armed robbers in the way he thought best, at the time and under the... Read More

The seed was sewn when she was just four. With a stick of chalk. 'I was drawing on the ground outside Baycourt with all these people. I can't remember what we were... Read More

When do you start thinking about Christmas? After Labour Weekend? After Guy Fawkes? Christmas Eve? Jennifer Murray has not only been thinking about Christmas since... Read More

'We don't need this on show day,” says Straw Lye. He's talking about the unrelenting rain of the last few weeks. The organiser of tomorrow's Wheels on Mainstreet... Read More

One lane or two lanes? It's an issue that's divided Te Puke cleaner than the tree-dotted island that runs down the middle of the town's main street. And two locals... Read More

Surf lifesaving patrols start this Labour Weekend - but can be forgiven for thinking the lifesavers have taken a well-deserved break during winter. Not so, says... Read More

'Nats ignore the homeless'. That might be the message waved under the nose of Tauranga MP Simon Bridges next week. Or 'rental price hikes must stop'. 'A protest... Read More

Buckle in Sunners, because Baypark Family Speedway has a great season ahead for you. Baypark event promoter Bernie Gillon says the season kicks off this Labour... Read More

Collectively they are an important historical document. Images from a brief 10-year window in time, images of where we're from and how we lived. Images from when... Read More

Cold sores, the unsightly social occasion killer. But a Tauranga healthcare entrepreneur believes he's on the brink of bringing relief to sufferers with medical... Read More

Tauranga's Rozanne and Paul de Wild are at the top of their game in their chosen hobby of cosplay. They won best technical as Hawkeye and Black Widow at their first... Read More

Thanks Rosalie Liddle Crawford for this neat little video about what's new at the Mount Z station! "Called in to see one of my favourite hello people, Nathan W.... Read More