For Karen and Michael Kessell laughter goes a long way. The Aongatete couple have taken it upon themselves to lighten up the neighbourhood with their own brand... Read More

Tauranga Arts Festival is cancelling the Escape! Festival at Queen's Birthday weekend but will deliver 'arts at home', a web-based project, for the lockdown. The... Read More

The Weekend Sun will not be printed for the next four weeks. Management advises that an extensive, free news service will continue to be provided online... Read More

New Zealand is in lockdown but Bay of Plenty people can still connect through Sun Media's news website: www.sunlive.co.nz and can now find essential services... Read More

People are being urged to build support networks in their community to ensure the needs of vulnerable people are being met. Age Concern general manager... Read More

It's time to start reading our way out of a crisis. Books a Plenty shut its doors on Wednesday but already had a number of loyal customers in isolation... Read More

It's taken a global and viral 'nasty' to silence the man who won't be silenced. Brian Cotter, the 90-year-old tonsils on the Saturday morning show on Village... Read More

ANZAC Day across New Zealand will be different this year due the widespread of cancellations of ANZAC Day remembrance services. The cancellations come... Read More

When the skies over Bay of Plenty are blue and people are happy, the tourist industry is cock-a hoop. All is well. 'But when the weather changes, when... Read More

There's a big 2/6d glistening in the pile, a two shillings and sixpence, a half crown. That was enough to buy a pack of 20 Matinee 'extra douce' fags back... Read More

It's been jumped on, beat up and hen pecked but now the Dance-O-Mat on The Strand has to step aside. The purpose-built dance platform, opposite Macau Bar,... Read More

There has never been anything quite like the worldwide shutdown over the COVID-19 virus. The economic impact is already hitting home in New Zealand from... Read More