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A new way to love your local

A new site is aiming to simplify the web experience for small businesses by giving them tools to maximise people's online interactions with them. Like Your... Read More

A patchwork of friends

Denise Lee says she found her best friend at a meeting of the Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters Group. 'I joined the club about 13 or 14 years ago. My children... Read More

The heartbreaking experience of losing a baby

A Tauranga mum says the pain of losing two babies never goes away. But Belinda Roddick has found sharing her story aids healing and helps raise awareness... Read More

Mount dads’ pump track dream realised

Years of hard work have finally paid off for two Mount Maunganui dads with the Arataki pump track now finished. Kids can be seen biking, skateboarding and... Read More

Putting the spotlight on living with autism

Tauranga DJ Daniel Cox reckons autism is too often swept under the rug. So as a way to generate more awareness, he has organised the interactive event... Read More

College builds circle of community

Do secondary students anywhere else in New Zealand spend more than three hours on a school bus each day? While other students are still rubbing their eyes... Read More

Tauranga skating on thin ice

A man with 'ice in his veins' has bought his passion to Tauranga in the form of an ice rink. Darren Woodacre has been working with ice for 35 years and... Read More

Learning changes lives

Tauranga lawyer and philanthropist, Denise Arnold, has been named a finalist in this year's Women of Influence Awards. Denise was named as one of seven... Read More

Increased kokako numbers in Otanewainuku forest

Kokako bird numbers in the Otanewainuku forest have increased by 15 since 2018 according to the latest survey conducted recently by the Otanewainuku Kiwi Trust. ... Read More

Accolades flow for first Tennis Western BOP Life M

Community sports clubs rise or fall on the back of the voluntary effort put in by enthusiastic club members. They're a special breed - often with a long, unsung... Read More

Indoor-outdoor row

Two-time Olympic gold medalist rower Eric Murray is lending his star power to the Tauranga Rowing Club's first 'Ergathon' fundraiser at Tauranga Boys' College... Read More

Living a full life

Anne Wintle enjoys the good feeling that comes from regular exercise and attends Zumba and aerobics classes. 'The Zumba Gold class is taken by young and... Read More