Local News

Innovative approach trial

Increased wellbeing, participation and engagement leading to higher academic success is what teachers at Katikati Primary School are hoping a $47,850 investment... Read More

Live cooking action!

The Farmer Audi Cooking Theatre at the Seriously Good Food Show is described as unmissable. Coordinated by renowned chef and local food presence Peter Blakeway,... Read More

City council now online

Council Direct is exactly as it sounds - a direct link from from Tauranga City Council to SunLive. The newest tab on SunLive is part of an agreement with the council... Read More

The knife boy of Otumoetai

'Clang, clang! The massive anvil rings. Clang, clang! 100 hammers swing.” Well just one hammer, 13-year-old Tom Hoffart's hammer. But it's still making a racket,... Read More

One special last ride

When a motorcycle hearse wheeled up to a Tauranga chapel last Saturday to celebrate the life of a young woman, a crowd of 170 people clapped loudly. It's something... Read More

Workforce that doesn’t stop giving

Riding for the Disabled, like many support services, can't operate without volunteers. 'These people give and give and give,” says Tauranga RDA marketing... Read More

Star pupil arrives at Merivale

'He's from their world,” says Merivale Primary School principal Jan Tinetti. 'So he will fit in just beautifully.” 'He' is a shorty, just 200 millimetres... Read More

Before you do something silly…

Genteel by reputation but it's getting meaner, more menacing out there on the streets of Tauranga. Ask the parking officers. They see it and experience it most... Read More

Parents fighting the scourge of P

The hand of understanding and support is going out to parents living secretively with the shame and guilt of having methamphetamine-addicted kids. It comes from... Read More

Artist wins supreme award

Well-known local artist Val Tubman won the Trustpower Supreme Award at Tauranga Society of Artists' 2016 Art Expo this month. Members of the Tauranga Society of... Read More

Having fun and getting kids clean

Getting children to wash their hands can be a mission, as every parent knows, but Sophie Best, Millie Hubbard and five other entrepreneurs have found a way to make... Read More

Local history by a local

Peg Cummins is a writer. And she's become a writer fairly fast. Originally a primary school teacher, Peg had been teaching for about 40 years and retired when she... Read More