Local News

Popular wharf finally reopens

For those Mounties who like to establish their mana with a mean manu, Salisbury Wharf in Pilot Bay is open once again and back in business. Mount Maunganui... Read More

Bay braces for early-2022 cruise return

After a near two-year absence, the return of international cruise ships to the Bay of Plenty is in sight, with operators taking bookings for trans-Tasman voyages... Read More

Liquor store U-turn a win for Brookfield

The Brookfield community have expressed relief after an application for a new liquor store was withdrawn. The application was made to the Tauranga City... Read More

Are you Tauranga’s next Youth MP?

It's time for New Zealand's youth to debate the issues they are passionate about on the national stage. Applications are now open for the 2022 Electorate... Read More

A new rising star

On Saturday, October 30, Bay of Plenty Symphonia was finally able to present their 2021 Rising Stars finals concert, postponed from August due to Covid. The... Read More

Bay leaders lament Three Waters reforms

Tauranga City Council, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Local Government New Zealand and Tauranga MP Simon Bridges have lamented the announcement that... Read More

Time to retire from fire

Roger Pickett found his way into a life in the Fire and Emergency Service organically. A friend of his had recently started life on the trucks at Masterton... Read More

New wellness hub for homeless

The expansion of a service that has already seen hundreds of families and individuals housed and helped for nearly 40 years will open a new wellness hub in the... Read More

Managing mounting money worries

A damning report by Christians Against Poverty claims debt collectors have been wearing secret-service style earpieces and flak jackets in order to look like... Read More

Mission to meat demand

It's a meaty career path like no other, but finding highly-trained butchers to join the ranks of local meat merchants is no easy mission. 'Not many people... Read More

Nicol’s Brave New World

The playfulness of cowboys, snakes and ladders and boys boxing juxtaposed with Covid iconography flies on flags in Durham Street. The flag exhibition, titled... Read More

Ramble prizes up for grabs

The Rotary Garden Ramble in Katikati is now only a week away, and organisers of the town-meets-country event are offering prizes to anyone still purchasing... Read More