Local News

Movie night fundraiser for mum's cancer treatment

Friends and parents of a Te Puke school family have banded together to run a movie night fundraiser for one of their own facing adversity. Te Puke woman Sarena... Read More

New wharf for Matakana Island

A new $2.1 million wharf is being built at Panepane Point, on the southeastern tip of Matakana Island. The new structure, including two jetties and a pontoon,... Read More

Flag football’s rise in Bay of Plenty schools

Flag football fun is coming to Mount Manganui's Blake Park on Wednesday, April 2, with more than 16 schools from across the Bay of Plenty participating. The... Read More

Island Vibes in the Bay

It's the closest you'll get to having a Cook Islands holiday without getting on a plane. For the first time, the annual Flavour of Plenty is giving locals the... Read More

Young duo’s mission to save feral cats

Two kittens, one grey and one black with white patches, play in the centre of the room in Welcome Bay. Both were only two weeks old when Wild to Warmth Cat... Read More

Tauranga ratepayers face a proposed 12% rates rise

Tauranga ratepayers face a proposed overall rates rise of 12% from July, but the mayor says it could have been more than 20% if the council hadn't found... Read More

Electorate changes proposed for Bay of Plenty

The proposed review of electorate boundaries for the 2025 election will significantly change the Bay of Plenty and Tauranga electorates. Tauranga is set to... Read More

When farming and art merge

They're not the typically big, gnarly, calloused hands of a man of the land. 'No. They're small.” Not farmers' hands, but are farmer's hands - because... Read More

Young skateboarders gear up for national champs

Excitement is building as the 2025 National Skateboarding Championships draw near, with top skateboarders from across New Zealand set to compete in Mount Maunganui... Read More

Buffaloes near extinction in Tauranga

He looks and sounds like any other Tauranga resident going about living in the Bay of Plenty. But for this Brother, his 'brotherhood” is fast disappearing... Read More

Mother shares struggle with adopted FASD son

'I was pleased to hear… it was a genuine problem, it wasn't just my imagination, and it wasn't just me,” says Carol Hudson, recalling the moment... Read More

Community boards oppose council’s merger plan

Western Bay community boards have hit back at a proposal to merge, with one saying it would be 'eroding a democracy”. At an appeal hearing... Read More