Local News
08:00am Fri 11 Dec, 2020
A stretch of Maunganui Rd from Hull Rd to Hinau St is undergoing major construction work. Improvements started in 2017 between Tawa St and Sutherland Rd,... Read More
08:00am Fri 11 Dec, 2020
There's nothing like a day out on the ocean, wind whipping past your ears, the sun on your face and salt on your lips. Bevan Grant of the Tauranga trailer... Read More
08:00am Fri 11 Dec, 2020
A local truck driver is frustrated with wait times for loading and unloading containers at the Port of Tauranga. Casual truck driver Eric Crabbe takes containers... Read More
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08:00am Fri 11 Dec, 2020
There's a pretty patch of land up the back of Te Puna on Quarry Road we call The Puku Patch. It's on the Bowden whenua and where we grow the kai to feed... Read More
08:00am Fri 11 Dec, 2020
A monthly market has been set up to celebrate everything Maungatapu has to offer. Market organiser Joanne Buxton started the market as a way to bring the... Read More
09:00am Fri 04 Dec, 2020
Since moving from South Africa to Tauranga a year ago, Wynand Claassen has found his home in the artistic community. He owned a dance company and fitness studio... Read More
08:00am Fri 04 Dec, 2020
Tauranga is awash with worry as thousands of people receive letters telling them of newly defined flood prone areas. Tauranga City Council has sent letters... Read More
08:00am Fri 04 Dec, 2020
World acclaimed New Zealand tenor Pene Pati nearly ended up spending Christmas and New Years' Eve in managed isolation away from family and friends, due to a peculiar... Read More
08:00am Fri 04 Dec, 2020
It was a well-kept surprise. Unbeknown to her, Omokoroa resident Jocelyn Hicks was to receive the Tauranga Centennial Heritage Award this Sunday at The Elms,... Read More
08:00am Fri 04 Dec, 2020
The intricacy of Jan Gee's knitted clothes and hats is impressive, especially because all of it is 12 times smaller than a normal dress or hat. The knitting... Read More
08:00am Fri 04 Dec, 2020
Stephen Cleland has been appointed as the new director of the Tauranga Art Gallery. 'We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Stephen to Tauranga Art Gallery,”... Read More
08:00am Fri 04 Dec, 2020
Exasperation at Tauranga City Council's prolonged decision-making around Park n Ride options bubbled up at the Bay of Plenty Public Transport Committee last... Read More