When does noise become offensive and objectionable? When does it become untenable? Frustrated neighbours of a kennel and cattery on Welcome Bay Rd say the threshold... Read More

Times were hard for Bee. She'd lost 1.5kg, she had developed a skin irritation. But worse the starving Beagle had resorted to nicking and eating cat biscuits. And... Read More

Tauranga 12-year-old Ollie Robinson's big BMX dream is to be world number four. 'Because four is my favourite number,” says Ollie. He's on track with his... Read More

Should the curb-side evangelists be allowed to badger the tourists straight off the cruise liners? Does the Jehovah's Witness religious literature constitute advertising... Read More

'Bloody good,” says Bryan McKenzie. That's because it's drizzling, the dark is heavy and oppressive, it's gone midnight and its miserable. 'It'll keep the... Read More

For 15 years Tauranga's newest solicitor woke up every morning and asked himself one simple question: 'Am I following my true passion?” And for 15 working... Read More

Beauty salons, barbershops, and butchers - there are many small businesses in Tauranga. Tauranga Chamber of Commerce wants to give small business owners a face,... Read More

Trinity has landed on her feet. Just three feet because that's all she's got. But Trinity is still blessed. Because there she is 1.9kg of three-legged dog - about... Read More

One caped crusader will be among the more than 100 mountain bikers expected to start the Kiwi Crusade in Tauranga next week, from February 28, when the seven-day... Read More

Harry Scott was the chief flying instructor at Tauranga Aero Club for 25 years and left the club with a reputation among pilots that survives to this day. The Tauranga... Read More

She arrived a couple of weeks ago - Nevaeh Joyce Jayde Puawai Short. Nevaeh is heaven spelt backwards, Joyce after Dad Dave's grandmother, Jayde is a feminisation... Read More

He could simply be a statistic - one of three tragic numbers: eight, 29 or 50. Or all three. Twenty-nine being the number of fatal road crashes so far this year,... Read More