Local News

The Great K Valley cycle adventure is back!

Think scavenger hunt, map reading and puzzle solving by bike as you explore the trails of Kopurererua Valley - and you've got all you need to join in the Great... Read More

River Sounds returns

A volunteer-led, not-for-profit music festival - which is dedicated to raising mental health awareness and funds for related local charities - is set return to... Read More

Sun shades for safe summer fun

Does your family love Pāpāmoa's playgrounds but not the lack of sun shelter there? Then the Rotary Club of Pāpāmoa needs your help to build sunshades to provide... Read More

All aboard to the show

Carefully created miniature worlds of railways and trains is exactly what you'll find at the Tauranga Model Train Show this month. Held on Saturday January... Read More

Tracking great white sharks

Shark enthusiasts are able to follow the progress of two great white sharks swimming in Bay of Plenty waters through their mobile phones. Dr Riley Elliott, who... Read More

Tauranga’s best minds ready to debate

Teams of local business celebrities and professionals, leaders and politicians will be squaring off against their junior equivalents in Tauranga's Great Debate... Read More

The circus visits Trustpower Arena

Roll up, roll up to Ringmaster Butler's Circus spectacular, an affordable family-friendly show performing at Trustpower Arena for one day only! You won't want... Read More

Broken Spirits

Tears streaming and emotions running high is the effect the Cameron Rd roadworks are having on store owners between 11th and 12th Avenues. The Weekend Sun visited... Read More

ASB Classic cultivating champs

Two young talented Tauranga tennis players will get to taste what it's to play at the ASB Classic Arena after qualifying for January's youth-focused tournament. Eleven-year-old... Read More

Inside Santa’s Grotto...all are welcome!

Gnomes in a floral utopia, elves 'playing' on children's toys, a fairy wonderland, Christmas tree and Santa's workshop awaits visitors who wander through Santa's... Read More

Saving little blue penguins

Local wildlife experts are spending their Christmas break rehabilitating little blue penguins that are washing ashore weak and starving on the beaches of the Bay... Read More

Beach boom for summer

Bay of Plenty Lifeguards are expecting a busy summer volunteering, with the heat of summer upon us. Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service senior lifeguard Jamie Troughton... Read More