Local News

Lions roaring for books again

One finishes and another starts. We're talking the Harbour City Lions annual book fair… and the 2019 edition of this Tauranga institution which feeds... Read More

Retreat beats the street

Street Retreat is one of the many volunteer-run initiatives making life easier for rough sleepers in Tauranga. Radio hits were on full blast at the drop-in... Read More

Museum scores exhibit coup

'It's just a dusty pile of nothing.” Classic Flyers boss Andrew Gormlie is right. A few cane struts here, a bit of metal tubing there, a tangle of... Read More

Discovering an inner strength

A Te Puke community hub wants to help Bay of Plenty women live in freedom, overcome trauma and discover their self-worth. EmpowermentNZ is launching a free... Read More

Seafarer’s welcome to refurbished mission

The united Seafarer's Mission has had such a spruce up in recent times, people are walking out thinking they are in the wrong place. Mission chair Jeff... Read More

Wallabies knocking on the door

It was the unmistakable silhouette of a wallaby that excited. A Facebook post of an about-to-be-deceased wallaby as it leapt across the railway lines in... Read More

When Mr Nice Guy is not being nice

He's the chocolate smooth tonsils on the Breeze easy listening breakfast show - the nice guy, the Mark of Mark and Jolene. But don't be lulled - the voice... Read More

GirlBoss making moves in Tauranga

She's met the Queen, flown with NASA, spoken at more than 50 events in New Zealand and overseas and founded New Zealand's largest organsation for young women.... Read More

Stories from behind the surgery door

It's called 'This Old Stick' - and when you have thumbed the final page of Dr Andrew Corin's first sortie into published creative writing, when you have doused... Read More

More volunteers for the ‘Milo Night’ crew

Street Kai gets together every Monday for 'Milo Night' at the Willow St bus stop, providing Tauranga's vulnerable community with hot food, warm clothes, connections... Read More

Riding a new wave

It's an untitled, home-grown movie - at this moment a no budget movie, with a cast of stars in their own right and supported by an international slew of bit-players,... Read More

No fair suck of the sav

The traditional Cumberland sausages, Lancashire black pudding and pork pies have disappeared from Tauranga's main street… just as quickly as they arrived. ... Read More