Local News
09:40am Fri 22 Mar, 2024
Tamarillos, passionfruit, swiss chocolate, vanilla, strawberry…. These are just some of the flavours, the tastes, that will be explored in a brand new... Read More
09:16am Fri 22 Mar, 2024
More than 100 years since it was built in 1918, the St Amand Hotel on The Strand is having a new lease of life breathed into it. Today's St Amand Hotel building... Read More
08:59am Fri 22 Mar, 2024
Free parking will continue in downtown Mount Maunganui, but council plans to take a tougher stance on people flouting time limits on spaces. Local businesses... Read More
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08:50am Fri 22 Mar, 2024
Tauranga's Memorial Park Cenotaph has been restored to its former glory by a team of natural stone sealing specialists ahead of this year's Anzac Day commemorations.... Read More
08:00am Fri 22 Mar, 2024
Plans for bus 'super stops' in Tauranga's city centre are opposed by landowners and developers, causing council to defer its decision. Tauranga City Council proposed... Read More
08:00am Fri 22 Mar, 2024
It was 1974 and colour television had just been introduced to New Zealand households. So had the name of a new New Zealand sporting hero - that of an unlikely,... Read More
10:33am Fri 15 Mar, 2024
Yes, there were tears. They cried and she cried. 'And I'm not a crier.” It was the last night of Tauranga Intermediate School's two-week boys' basketball... Read More
10:01am Fri 15 Mar, 2024
Plans for a stadium in central Tauranga have been scaled back and construction pushed out because of budget constraints. The community stadium at the Tauranga... Read More
09:36am Fri 15 Mar, 2024
From walking the 'aisles' of your own backyard supermarket, to growing your own lettuce in recycled bottles - there's plenty to learn about food resilience as Sustainable... Read More
09:27am Fri 15 Mar, 2024
Western Bay of Plenty youth have been able to learn a skill to explore the depths of the underwater world thanks to the generosity of strangers from their own district. Graeme... Read More
09:17am Fri 15 Mar, 2024
The incredible photography of student Grace O'Sullivan is about to tour New Zealand on the 2024 NZQA Level 3 'Top Art' annual touring exhibition. Grace O'Sullivan... Read More
09:05am Fri 15 Mar, 2024
Two Tauranga brothers are teaming up for the New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Championships - with one at the helm and one taking to the water after years away from the... Read More