Local News
03:15pm Tue 26 Apr, 2016
House of Science's robotics team may be returning home from the 2016 VEX World Robotics Competition without a trophy, but the team members are holding their heads... Read More
12:00pm Fri 22 Apr, 2016
They're called 'fly tippers' overseas - and they attract as much loathing there as they are in Tauranga at the moment. 'Fly' as in 'on the wing' and 'tipper' as... Read More
11:09am Fri 22 Apr, 2016
Mrs McGlashan was probably quite chuffed. Six-year-old Jayden Crowley strolls into her Te Puke Year 1 classroom one morning and presents the unsuspecting teacher... Read More
10:00am Fri 22 Apr, 2016
For Beryl McKinnell, finding work at House of Science in Tauranga has been a way for her to engage with her new community. 'You can't live in or move to a new community... Read More
09:00am Fri 22 Apr, 2016
They are quiet, contented champions of all that is good about life in Mount Maunganui. Ever since that day in 1956 when Owen Taft 'stole her away”, he and... Read More
08:04am Fri 22 Apr, 2016
She's not pretty and she's buxom. Yes, heavyset, according to the man who loves her most. But she still turns heads. Oh yes! At every outing this grand, old lady... Read More
07:00am Fri 22 Apr, 2016
Elliot Bedford, 9, holds his grandfather's bugle with respect, treasuring the old, worn, brass instrument. Sun shining off the horn and eyes closed, Elliot blows... Read More
10:30am Fri 15 Apr, 2016
Come May 7 Philip Hobbs will slip on his circa 1943 battle dress jacket and march on The Historic Village. That's the moment 'civy' becomes fourth Brigade, 18th... Read More
10:23am Fri 15 Apr, 2016
Get those engines warming up derby drivers, because the SunLive Baypark Speedway Demolition Derby is shifting back into gear. The wet weather may have put a damper... Read More
08:00am Fri 15 Apr, 2016
Katikati College's win at this year's SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival regional final has gone down a storm at the school. Year 13 students... Read More
11:21am Mon 11 Apr, 2016
New Zealand China Friendship Society is not content to simply take students to China to live with a local family and see the sights in a 'life changing experience”. Branch... Read More
01:00pm Fri 08 Apr, 2016
Drop a baited hook this weekend in the Mount Mellick annual charity fishing competition and it'll help in a small but significant way towards saving a life on the... Read More