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Creating new futures for Bay of Plenty youth

After leaving school two years ago, Ezra Harvey has had some casual work but nothing long lasting. Since being accepted into the Imagine Believe Achieve... Read More

Festival brings blues with the greens

Derek Jacombs doesn't answer the phone on Mondays so I rang him on Tuesday. I was keen to know what days he and fellow musician Nigel Masters were planning... Read More

A yarn with knitting royalty

You don't see an awful lot of bikers wearing a hand knitted jumper these days - even if it does have the iconic Harley Davidson logo and name emblazoned over... Read More

A bout of fundraising

Disadvantaged Bay of Plenty youth are to benefit from not one but two fundraising events to be held over the next fortnight. Te Aranui Youth Trust provides... Read More

Surviving Christmas alone

The Christmas holiday period can be a trying time for everyone,but this is particularly true for people who are separated, divorced or widowed. Katheryn... Read More

Journey for life

Otumoetai College Year 11 student Jurnee Jackson is one of 12 winners of the Graeme Dingle Foundation Excellence Award on Tuesday night after completing a 14-month... Read More

Create your own advent calendar

Want to count down to Christmas in style with your own handmade advent calendar? Sandra Landolt is running workshops for resourceful Kiwis of all ages... Read More

Art meets nature

Special effects makeup artist and body painter Sandi Cutts is becoming increasingly recognised for her impressive work painting bodies for both film and events. ... Read More

Wrong turn leads to Israel connection

A wrong-turn taken at Omanawa by two Israeli tourists back in 2018 may result a five-metre-high, stainless steel, silver fern sculpture erected at a World... Read More

Matters of the heart

Papamoa man Phillip Coleman knows what it is like to be let down by his heart. The 66-year-old, who was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation more than four... Read More

Bionic Tom is great on the greens

Most Fridays, weather permitting, you'll find former World War II British RAF aero engineer Tom Piercy having a roll-up with mates at the Tauranga South bowling... Read More

Rob McGregor holds rare retrospective exhibition

The public will be given a rare treat this month as artist Rob McGregor plans to hold his first ever retrospective exhibition, as part of the Bay of Plenty... Read More