Local News
09:30am Fri 19 Jun, 2020
The giant 18-metre Project Noah boat will rival super yachts for its sheer size but this boat has a difference. It is built to provide the one million New... Read More
09:20am Fri 19 Jun, 2020
Tauranga triathletes are pedalling ahead in a nationwide cycling competition - without leaving their houses. The Triathlon NZ Zwift Race League is a six-week-long... Read More
09:10am Fri 19 Jun, 2020
Pride washed over Janet Tullis on Sunday when the very first 51 bus pulled up on Pyes Pa Road. The 82-year-old, who describes herself as a fighter, has... Read More
09:00am Fri 19 Jun, 2020
We have incredible natural attractions here in the Bay of Plenty but there's one secret spot that few locals have ever experienced. Mangapapa Canyon, in... Read More
08:50am Fri 19 Jun, 2020
On Sunday, June 21, a significant date in Tauranga's history, a few hundred people are expected to gather at dawn at the Te Ranga battle site which is located... Read More
08:40am Fri 19 Jun, 2020
Fewer people are joining clubs nowadays due to leading busy lives, which has put "massive pressure" on groups trying to retain members. This is the reality... Read More
08:00am Fri 19 Jun, 2020
Debz Turner has been on a mission to find a long-lost childhood friend. 'We first became friends about 1974. We were in the same class for about three years.” As... Read More
08:00am Fri 19 Jun, 2020
The Tauranga Buy Local campaign is going so well, that people are turning up from Auckland it seems. David Ijsseldijk practiced riding his unicycle outside... Read More
10:30am Fri 12 Jun, 2020
Tauranga florists have been forced to change things up to keep flower prices down. Tami Hansen, who owns Flowers by Tami, says the price of flowers has doubled... Read More
10:20am Fri 12 Jun, 2020
Being unable to hold your wife's hand one last time was the harsh reality of life during lockdown for many families. One man at a Bethlehem retirement village... Read More
10:10am Fri 12 Jun, 2020
If Dominic Tupou hadn't joined the Tauranga Boxing Academy he wouldn't be putting much effort into his school work and would be 'pretty slack”. The... Read More
10:00am Fri 12 Jun, 2020
'It's simple, it's painless and it doesn't cost a thing apart from a little bit of time.” Those are the words of Tauranga man John Daniels who has... Read More












