Local News

State housing protest planned

An action group against the Government's proposal to sell off state houses in Tauranga is planning a public protest for tomorrow. Tauranga Social Housing Action... Read More

The world through Colleen's lens

Papamoa photographer Colleen Kiddie has walked away with a slew of honours at the 2016 New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers Iris Awards in Wellington... Read More

Suit up, it's business time!

Businesses from the Bay of Plenty and around New Zealand are being urged to round up their colleagues and get ready for Tauranga's inaugural BIZ Games. The BIZ... Read More

Putting your family first

Make sure you're keeping your family safe these school holidays - especially if you are ferrying children around in the family car. Auto Repair Co's Kelly Belch... Read More

Calvin’s taking on the cow cockies

He's not your usual cow cockie but Calvin Ball reckons he could have the right mix to take out out 2016's FMG Young Farmer of the Year contest. And despite the... Read More

Kiwi women behind the badges

In 1992 a 31-year-old Angela Grace was issued a uniform, pair of handcuffs and a wooden baton as she started her career in the New Zealand Police Force. And she... Read More

One over two on Bryce Dinneen

It's a case of the college and the current collegian stepping up to help a former collegian. And it's a charity event that's 'very close to home,” according... Read More

Home from the sea

At 36 he was New Zealand's youngest captain of a frigate. Under the umbrella of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation - known as NATO - he led our troops into... Read More

College calls for clarity

It's become a hairy discipline issue for secondary schools. And it threatens to damage the economy's fifth largest export earner - the $2.85 billion international... Read More

Rocky lords it over Wilson Rd

He's a surfie who paints. Or an artist who surfs. Either way, he's colouring up the townscape of Waihi Beach - transforming a public dunny into a conversation piece... Read More

A new ‘spy’ for the car-munity

'It's the average man against big oil. Like any good story, you've got a good guy and a bad guy.” Larry Green, one of the brains behind the new Gaspy app,... Read More

Safer school speed limits

Te Puke residents are being asked whether they support the introduction of a temporary 40km/h speed restriction on roads surrounding a number of local schools. Western... Read More