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Rare jet lands for restoration project

Mount Maunganui's aviation museum this week took possession of a rare jet which it plans to use to restore another of the same aircraft already in the hangar. A... Read More

DIY Sheds gear up for next chapter

What began as a small idea to teach a few women basic DIY skills has grown into a thriving community movement across Tauranga and Rotorua. Now, the DIY Sheds... Read More

Psychic medium brings debut show to Tauranga

Internationally trained Kiwi psychic medium Kerry-Marie Callander will host her show Bridging the 2 Worlds in Tauranga City on March 3, in a seven-stop New Zealand... Read More

Waitangi Day festival offers positive vibes

Three Katikati teens are excited to perform at Katikati's second Waitangi Day festival next month, which invites everyone to a free family-friendly event that... Read More

Stonewall: The Kiwi boardgame refusing defeat

Stonewall, the classic Kiwi boardgame that has been 'amazing New Zealand since 1996” was dreamed up by Mark McGregor and brothers Roger and Grant Bullot... Read More

Swim club gives Mount pool fresh look

A Tauranga swim club has rolled up its sleeves and saved tens of thousands of dollars by repainting the Mount Maunganui College swimming pool themselves - all... Read More

Tauranga’s biggest auto extravaganza yet

- Sponsored Content Bay of Plenty - mark your calendar as 'wheely busy” on Sunday, March 8, from 10am-2pm as the Repco Tauranga Auto Extravaganza... Read More

New funds let locals shape their own communities

Everyday Western Bay of Plenty people can now get support to make their own meaningful difference in their community via a new fund being run by the... Read More

Community centre opens as Bay mourns deaths

A community care centre has been set up in central Mount Maunganui to support those grieving after the fatal landslides in the Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga... Read More

Big weekend in-store for Katikati!

Katikati is about to buzz this weekend as two mainstay events take place. The town's only twilight concert for 2026 is tomorrow night, January 31, at the... Read More

Summer Shakespeare at play in quarry park

- Sponsored content Enter a whimsical world of love, laughter and self-discovery as local youth hone their creative skills in Summer Shakespeare Tauranga... Read More

Festival honours godwits’ record-breaking flight

Each spring, an extraordinary homecoming unfolds above Tauranga Harbour. After flying more than 12,000km non-stop from Alaska to New Zealand, bar-tailed godwits... Read More