Bay of Plenty teenagers are among the young people featured in a New Zealand series launched this month on RNZ and YouTube. Teenage campaigner Jack Karetai-Barrett,... Read More

The second annual Kiwi Kids Bake-Off has been revamped to enable even more budding Bay of Plenty bakers to get involved. Last year 10 primary school-aged... Read More

Western Bay of Plenty residents are being called upon to donate their old, unused or unwanted laptops to local Rotarians, who upgrade and gift them to schools... Read More

Boats full of youngsters hit the water while families traipsed rural landscapes across the district in the 2026 edition of Katikati's Kids Hunting and Fishing... Read More

A photograph taken for a theatre preview more than four decades ago has been given a new lease on life — this time in paint. The image, originally... Read More

A Tauranga dog trainer is teaching children dog safety after reported attacks in the region. Renee Mabey, owner of Neewood Pups, said she had noticed an education... Read More

A major leadership change has been announced at the Bay of Plenty Classic Aircraft Trust, with long‑serving chairman David Love stepping down after more than... Read More

She's back. And this time, she's not watching the ocean - she's watching the petrol board. Mount Maunganui's rogue dragon sculpture, Toa Ahi, has re-emerged... Read More

Mount Maunganui RSA members have voted overwhelmingly to sell the club's land and pursue a merger with Club Mount Maunganui, in a move aimed at securing the... Read More

A new exhibition at Western Bay Museum aims to take people on a journey of recovering traditional Māori knowledge through one of the culture's historic,... Read More

From furniture and food, to helping with clean-up costs, 36 households and businesses affected by January's severe weather event have received $205,300 in support... Read More

The Bowentown playground is to get an upgrade with funding from Western Bay of Plenty District Council. The council said the upgrade has been shaped... Read More