Local News
08:08am Fri 29 May, 2020
The ever-expanding forest at McLaren Falls Park is about to reach orbit. The park was nothing but farmland in 1965 when it was formed. Since then the Bay of Plenty... Read More
08:07am Fri 29 May, 2020
Uber driver Andrew Pound loves the vibrancy of Tauranga city. Once a Baptist minister, he has been with Uber since the company began in the Bay of Plenty... Read More
08:06am Fri 29 May, 2020
A week is a long time in politics and nobody knows that more than Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller. He describes his successful challenge for the National Party... Read More
08:05am Fri 29 May, 2020
During the COVID-19 lockdown, local author and Tauranga historical Society member Debbie McCauley noticed that MyHeritage was offering their colourisation tool... Read More
08:04am Fri 29 May, 2020
Two months with no sport has been tough for many, which is why Fun First Football owner Colm Kenny wanted to get kids back on the field as quickly as possible. 'During... Read More
08:03am Fri 29 May, 2020
Driving his new $2million boat home to Wellington from Auckland didn't quite go to plan for John Morgan and his family. Pleasure craft, Transition, is a 2007... Read More
08:02am Fri 29 May, 2020
Residents at the Mount Maunganui RSA Welfare Trust Village are full of appreciation for their lockdown angels. 'They did grocery runs, mowed lawns, spent time... Read More
08:01am Fri 29 May, 2020
Creative, arty things are happening at Level 2 People can go and look at art again, with exhibitions popping back up all over the region. Things to see, hear... Read More
08:00am Fri 29 May, 2020
A new ACT party candidate is planning to stand for Tauranga at the general elections this year. 'I am standing to raise ACT's Party Vote in Tauranga,”... Read More
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03:00pm Fri 22 May, 2020
Chante Gollop, 13, a past student at Otumoetai Intermediate School, has become an internationally recognised artist by winning a merit award in the Lions International... Read More
08:12am Fri 22 May, 2020
In a bid to compete with the virtual, world two Mount Maunganui dads have spent the last two years toiling to get a bike track in Arataki Park. Their efforts... Read More
08:11am Fri 22 May, 2020
The Tauranga City Council is eying up a proposed new development in the CBD as a temporary solution for its scattered staff. Property developer Wills Bond & Co... Read More