Local News

Town officially takes over PO

Everything is changing, but nothing will change. When the doors open on Monday, October 7, the Te Puke Centre Charitable Trust will take over running the... Read More

The 2020 Garden Festival starts right now

The call has gone out to Bay of Plenty gardeners. With spring in the air, and summer not far off, the hunt is officially on to find new gardens to add to... Read More

“You still won’t listen to us”

Her history teacher probably captured the essence of it all. 'You know Zoe, he said, what you are doing is much more important than history. You are making history.” Zoe... Read More

Ancient greenstone Kaikauhoe

The Tauranga Heritage Collection is celebrating turning 50 years old with a stunning photographic exhibition by Adrienne Martyn. The exhibition, titled... Read More

Bay Twisters smash Cheerfactor competition

Tauranga's Bay Twisters smashed a major cheerleading competition in Auckland last weekend bringing home a stack of first places. 'Cheerfactor was a massive competition,”... Read More

Youth to learn more about the Antarctic

A Bay of Plenty student had a taste of Antarctica last weekend at the first Young Inspiring Explorers' Summit in Christchurch. The Antarctic Heritage Trust,... Read More

The humanity behind the grime

'Invisible angels' - that's what Megan Wilson calls commercial cleaners. They come in the middle of the night armed with mops and buckets, vacuums and... Read More

Of motorbikes. men‘s mental health and prostates

It's a blokey event - by blokes, for blokes, about blokes. It's motorbikes, male mental health, prostate cancer with lashings of panache and style. It's the Tauranga... Read More

Smoke, steam and nostalgia

The DA class diesel-electric mainline locomotive hauling three historically correct red NZR carriages pulled into Gate Pa mid-morning, on Tuesday this week.... Read More

Stink bug fears for Bay horticulture

The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is yet to invade New Zealand, but Bay of Plenty kiwifruit growers say it is only a matter of time before the pest settles in.... Read More

Old salt and a fresh breeze

The Tauranga Tornados sailing fleet is gearing up for race season, with group members more than ready to start gliding across the water. The fleet attracts... Read More

Hearing is believing

Brienna Horn's face lights up every morning when her cochlear implants are switched on. The 13-month old Mount Maunganui baby is profoundly deaf and has... Read More