Local News

Speedy start to skate dream

Getting stuck in New Zealand due to Covid in 2020, Chilean Romina Silva Rojas returned to the sport of speed skating for something to do - and has been cleaning... Read More

Hall needs users to keep history intact

The Legion of Frontiersmen J Squadron's Tauranga Hall is calling for more community groups to hire the facility following a major interior renovation to modernise... Read More

Eleven acts in jazz festival’s Baycourt Series

Get your tickets now - a massive, diverse 11 acts in the 60th Port of Tauranga National Jazz Festival's Baycourt Concert Series this April will get snapped up... Read More

‘A tragedy that didn’t need to happen’

When you live in a place long enough, you know the nature of the land - and you remember its history. Ex-Hawke's Bay local Vivienne Shaw gives a personal account... Read More

Local hero in the semi-finals

A Tauranga man who has been building resilience and reducing at-risk behaviours in youth for 19 years has been named a semi-finalist in the Kiwibank New Zealand... Read More

Sports clubs to protest “extinction notice”

Sports clubs affected by council 'extinction notices” have organised a protest against plans that could displace them from the Tauranga Domain. Tauranga... Read More

Give back to get back

In 2023, the Acorn Foundation celebrates 20 years of connecting generous people who care with causes that matter. Over the years, hundreds of donors have enabled... Read More

More than 100 mentors wanted!

A programme to help young people in the Western Bay of Plenty community is on the lookout for 108 mentors from Katikati through to Te Puke - with 38 mentors... Read More

Fire’s out and the game is on!

The only thing that has ever stopped the Bay of Plenty Rapid chess tournament happening in the last 16 years has been arson. This year things are back on board. ... Read More

Art and books wanted ahead of Rotary sale

Have you a got piece of art gathering dust? Or an artwork sitting in the bottom of the closet instead of proudly on the wall? Maybe a piece no longer brings... Read More

Just be yourself at Jammin’ in the Park!

A new music festival on tomorrow in Tauranga aims to empower youth to be themselves and not let struggles get in the way of life by enjoying the sounds and... Read More

Discovering Chris Luxon

Well, we all know he's got his eye on the biggest office in the executive wing of The Beehive. We know he wants to be Prime Minister of this nation of 5,185,288... Read More