Mountain biking is just one of several fresh codes at the Aims games this year; rugby entries have exploded this year with the introduction of a mixed QuickRip... Read More

Tauranga toddler Ritchie Haden is only one year old and has already had 20 blood transfusions since birth. Ritchie is the only person in New Zealand diagnosed... Read More

Tauranga students will be striking for climate change next month, and they are encouraging people of all ages to get involved. School Strike 4 Climate... Read More

With steampunk as the theme, and inspiration taken from Jules Verne's 'Around the World in 80 Days', an unusually interesting exhibition is taking place at... Read More

Was it a case of religious intolerance and insensitivity or a vigilant security officer on top of his game? Either way it triggered claim and counter-claim... Read More

It all began with a cheap shot at a sausage sizzle outside Mitre 10 last Saturday morning. 'Underwater hockey?” asked The Weekend Sun. 'We spend thousands... Read More

The roller door has been hoisted, and the mid-morning sun is fingering its way towards a huge cauldron simmering on a gas trivet in the kitchen at the back... Read More

Aquinas College students have recently returned from an overseas trip of a lifetime, dissecting human brains and discovering how the universe was made. Year... Read More

Papamoa Domain has a new picnic table. And this isn't any ordinary picnic table - it's specifically designed for people in wheelchairs. Tauranga woman... Read More

Tauranga artist Graham Hoete is encouraging residents to start using the right pronunciation in his new tongue-in-cheek art piece. 'It's just putting the... Read More

'Why did the chicken cross the road? Because there's no underpass.” One wag's placard at the Bayfair underpass protest last weekend - perhaps underplaying... Read More

If there were no seafarers the world would come to a 'grinding halt'. And next month, on Merchant Navy Day at Sulphur Point, people will pay tribute to... Read More