Local News

Tauranga charity helps people live their best life

The daily grind of work, eat, sleep, repeat gets mundane but for two Tauranga people it is all they wanted. Julie Thomson and Mitchell Brown have learning... Read More

Stopping disease at the door

A Tauranga doctor has described general practice waiting rooms as 'breeding grounds” for viruses pre-COVID. But coronavirus has changed the way doctors'... Read More

Tauranga store takes down Confederate flag

A Tauranga home goods store has stopped selling the Confederate flag after receiving complaints about what it represents. The flag was removed from AJ's... Read More

BOP businesses band together

The notion of consumers buying local is alive and well but businesses are doing their bit to keep the local cogs turning as well. By using local suppliers... Read More

New members for Neighbourhood Suppor

More Mount Maunganui households are wanting to join Western Bay of Plenty Neighbourhood Support after the isolation of lockdown. Neighbourhood Support delivered... Read More

Speaking the language

The Bay of Plenty Interpreting Service, BOPIS, is celebrating eight years of service in the Bay. 'When we started, we had seven interpreters and now we... Read More

Giraffe warmer no stretch for caravan people

The Tauranga Hospital children's ward is $2500 closer to purchasing a lifesaving piece of equipment for sick babies, thanks to a joint donation from two Bay... Read More

An opportunity to thrive

The cost of housing, a universal basic income, the environment and the opportunity to thrive are all top policy priorities for The Opportunities Party - TOP -... Read More

Mounties say no to $1 million spend

'We don't want another a Phoenix carpark or Greerton mess,' say Mount Maunganui ratepayers about Tauranga City Council's 'Innovating Streets at the Mount' proposal.... Read More

Bob Owens wins Ryman’s Village of the Year award

Tauranga's Bob Owens Retirement Village has won Ryman Healthcare's Village of the Year award for 2020. The news was announced during a virtual awards ceremony... Read More

Opera lunch for all

You may not be familiar with the words of a Brindisi chorus in Verdi's popular 1853 Opera, La Traviata, but nonetheless the sentiments are apt for a social... Read More

Aspiring electrical apprentices wanted

The Electrical Training Company is calling for aspiring Tauranga electrical apprentices to enroll in a foundation course due to start in September. ETCO... Read More