Local News
12:59pm Fri 21 Jul, 2023
The Netherlands team is receiving a warm welcome from the people of Tauranga as they prepare to compete in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 in Aotearoa. Nicknamed... Read More
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12:47pm Fri 21 Jul, 2023
With a little help it's possible to save African lions from anywhere in the world, as proved by Pāpāmoa's James Dorrington who is heading to South Africa in... Read More
12:41pm Fri 21 Jul, 2023
Tauranga's STEMFest is set to return this October - and has even bigger goals for 2023, according to its founder Tia Lush. The festival has been running since 2018,... Read More
12:39pm Fri 21 Jul, 2023
Darryl Jensen credits dance for his marriage. 'My wife and I met through dancing,” he explains. 'I was invited to a rock and roll party that was a vice versa... Read More
12:35pm Fri 21 Jul, 2023
An organisation created to protect the Bay of Plenty's fragile ecosystem has marked a major milestone. Tauranga Moana Biosecurity Capital launched five years ago... Read More
08:32pm Thu 29 Jun, 2023
A grand spectacle of the nation's top gymnasts returns to Tauranga for the first time in five years as the 2023 New Zealand Gymnastics Championships gets underway... Read More
08:24pm Thu 29 Jun, 2023
He was a nine-year-old at his school desk. Class had just started, 9am Wednesday, July 3, 1963. Dave Hooper remembers it well. 'Our school was only a kilometre... Read More
08:12pm Thu 29 Jun, 2023
History in the ring from 1991 hopes to repeat itself here in Tauranga next week as the Boxing New Zealand National Championships get underway. It was this time... Read More
08:10pm Thu 29 Jun, 2023
Western Bay of Plenty residents have been issued an artistic challenge in the wake of discovering Katikati's town icon has 'disappeared'. Townsfolk woke... Read More
08:02pm Thu 29 Jun, 2023
Playing sports outdoors is going to be a totally different - and dry - experience for Ōtūmoetai Primary School's 554 students next term. A new 35m by 35m Covered... Read More
04:32pm Fri 23 Jun, 2023
'Tauranga, this is AYZ. We're two minutes out.” The fateful final radio communication from an NAC DC3 Skyliner en route from Auckland to Tauranga at 9.06am... Read More
04:27pm Fri 23 Jun, 2023
Te Puke High School's shed has been a flurry of activity in the lead-up to this weekend's KiwiCoast Lions Club's annual book fair. Club president Maxine Shanks... Read More