Puran Singh hasn't had a haircut for 48 years - in fact he's never had a haircut. 'Never, never, never in my life” insists this elder and president... Read More

Popular culture paints angels as female, the Bible as blokes. Either or, Nina Le Lievre, the new archangel or CEO of Enterprise Angels, the group that connects... Read More

Two Tauranga MPs are trading shots over the building of a new secondary school at Omokoroa. Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller started the firefight by 'slamming... Read More

'Crazy!” says Peter Kageyama gazing over Tauranga's waterfront carpark. 'Crazy, just crazy.” Perhaps the most valuable piece of land in Tauranga's... Read More

A network of 700 automated kill traps is standing guard over a unique population of native frogs near Te Puke, part of a joint effort to make 'leaps' in their... Read More

One of New Zealand's highest hopes to follow Lydia Ko into the women's professional golfing ranks is progressing well in the USA. Tauranga's Alanna Campbell... Read More

At a time when New Zealand heroes exclusively wore rugby boots, Tauranga's Peter Otway was in awe of men of snow and ice, men of the Antarctic - adventurers... Read More

They're a feisty bunch, this group of schoolgirl buddies, all but one are glowing golden girls. Wanganui Girls College obviously instilled attitude. When The... Read More

Donna Dinsdale of Tauranga has won the overall Award of Excellence at the MLT Hokonui Fashion Design Awards. She is a fashion design tutor at Toi Ohomoi... Read More

Why does the name Pat Lam equate with excellence - Pat Lam dynamic number eight, All Black, Manu Samoa captain, Barbarian and Super Rugby Blues coach. And... Read More

Softball sized rocks and golf balls have become missiles and hurled by hooligans from the bank along Cliff Road at vehicles travelling on waterfront Dive Crescent... Read More

Te Puna residents are breathing a sigh of relief now that plans for a cell phone tower on a quiet residential street have been scrapped. The 12-metre tower... Read More