Local News
08:00am Fri 09 Oct, 2020
The prayer for world peace will get through one way or another as faiths of all kinds combine their spiritual energy next week. The Tauranga Moana Interfaith... Read More
08:00am Fri 09 Oct, 2020
The Papamoa Cenotaph has been having the final elements of a wall, seating and landscaping installed this week, thanks to the generosity of many locals. 'The... Read More
08:00am Fri 09 Oct, 2020
People may have to watch their heads as they wander through the public land that makes up Otumoetai Golf Club. Underfoot - that's another matter. The club... Read More
09:00am Fri 02 Oct, 2020
At age 15 Lloyd Baker had never left Taranaki that all changed when he got his first motorbike, a Harley Davidson. From there the world opened up and he... Read More
08:55am Fri 02 Oct, 2020
The Tauranga Sikh community is hosting its third 'Turban Day' at the Tauranga waterfront this Saturday, October 3, from 11.30-2pm. While it's an opportunity... Read More
08:50am Fri 02 Oct, 2020
Seventy artists unleashed more than 400 original works on the public this week as the Tauranga Society of Artists finally got to hold its big event, originally... Read More
08:00am Fri 02 Oct, 2020
Les Marsh plans to climb Mauao on his 100th birthday. He is keeping fit each day by doing laps of the garden at Radius Althorp retirement village where... Read More
08:00am Fri 02 Oct, 2020
Spring is the air and for some of the most vulnerable members of the community, it means a drop in income. On October 1 the Winter Energy Payment ended... Read More
08:00am Fri 02 Oct, 2020
A $70,000 grant from the New Zealand Community Trust will help Bowls Matua convert a second grass green to a synthetic surface and to re-surface an existing one. A... Read More
08:00am Fri 02 Oct, 2020
The Multicultural Festival 2020 initially re-scheduled for October 10 has now been cancelled. Instead, smaller events and workshops will be held that address... Read More
08:00am Fri 02 Oct, 2020
Hononga, kōrero and manaaki, or connect, communicate and care are the words that undergird a special space and time set aside for people to honour and remember... Read More
08:00am Fri 02 Oct, 2020
He's trailed behind Edmund Hillary in the mountains of Nepal and followed in Charles Upham's footsteps through Europe. Cartoonist Tom Scott is now bringing... Read More












