Local News

Tauranga player reaps US rewards

Winning one national title for the University of Charleston would have been a great result for Will Clague. So to finish up his four-year soccer scholarship... Read More

Traffic wends its way up SH2 near Katikati

The public debate over what's been infamously dubbed the 'horror highway' has been fired up again. A petition is running in Katikati urging 'real improvements'... Read More

Tauranga charity stores mistaken for dumps

Old furniture, stained mattresses and grimy food waste are just some of the items that have been dumped outside Tauranga charity stores this month. Store... Read More

Crossing takes its bloody toll

Roundabouts are meant to be the safest form of intersection control, but try telling that to the people of Tara Road in Papamoa. Frustrated residents are... Read More

Circus festivities for all

One winning master-juggler will wing their way to Mexico after a competition next week in Katikati. "These guys are beasts - we are talking about top New... Read More

A new New Year festival

A group of six Tauranga youth practise the Kung-Fu move with coordination, balance and poise. It is a big responsibility for the biggest day on the Chinese... Read More

Showing their true colours

A brightly coloured mural illustrating Tauranga's cultural sites of significance now covers the lower level of an inner-city carpark. One hundred community... Read More

That’s quite a run

'IronMike' Stowers has run more than five kilometres, every day, for the last 2116 days of his life. He hasn't had a rest day since April 1, 2014, and the motivated... Read More

Starting on the road to Wimbledon

Not all tennis balls are the same apparently. Ask the young hotshots at Gate Pa Tennis Club. The 320 million balls produced annually are mostly the regulation... Read More

A young life changed

An 11-year-old Bay of Plenty boy may look like an ordinary child, but the challenges he has faced and the struggles he's overcomes set him apart from the crowd.... Read More

‘Mr Miserable’ takes a caning

He's been labelled 'Mr Miserable', accused of being a 'cowardly couch complainant', and then invited to 'enrich his life and have some fun' by exercising with... Read More

Stock up on reading material for the year

Auckland Anniversary Weekend sees the 20th anniversary of the Mount's successful annual book fair. Hosted jointly by Mount Maunganui and District Lioness... Read More