The Americans loved Tauranga and said they want to start buying tickets for their next trip. That's the feedback that husband and wife team Ruan and Sarieta... Read More

Simon Bridges is in touch with the hoi polloi. He takes a bus. 'Not often to be fair. But I have taken the kiddies - Emlyn, Harry and Jemima - on them a few times.” And... Read More

Some Mount Maunganui residents are at the end of their tether over a 'putrid stench' apparently coming from a pet food company in the area. Bay of Plenty... Read More

Additional car parks are being installed at Otanewainuku Forest Park on Mountain Road, Oropi, to cater for the increasing visitor numbers. Earthworks to extend... Read More

Te Puke is 'a good place to be struggling” thanks to the work being done by a vibrant bunch of volunteers and employees. Social services hub EmpowermentNZ... Read More

Work is being done on a 30-year blueprint for the future of Te Papa Peninsula. Te Papa is the historical name of the peninsula in which Tauranga was originally... Read More

A new AED Defib installed outside the Lucky 7 Superette in Mangatapu is up and running thanks to the Tauranga Rotary Club. Tauranga Rotary president Ross... Read More

Clare Williamson is determined to get more women into martial arts. The amateur female fighter and trainer with The Martial Arts Academy (TMAA) is inspired... Read More

Ten to twelve tsunami warning sirens will be installed along 15 kilometres of coastline from near Mount Maunganui Primary School to Papamoa East. They... Read More

Tauranga City Brass is buzzing after taking home gold at a national competition in Hamilton last weekend. The brass band won the C Grade division at the... Read More

It was an unpopular war - widely opposed on moral grounds. And Corporal Erik Kristensen from Pyes Pa felt it personally. When he was repatriated from... Read More

It's just a short 1.5 kilometres but another crucial link in the 19-kilometre Omokoroa to Tauranga cycleway. It begins at the new Tamihana Park and runs... Read More