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Building peace down Te Puna Road

Horses will be honoured and welcomed on Te Puna's Anzac Day Hikoi. And deservedly, because horses paid dreadfully in WW1 - 10,000 were taken overseas... Read More

“I will bomb, smash and kill”

It is a solemn day of remembrance. When the sun comes up, heads are bowed, flags fly at half mast, soulful bugles sound The Last Post and volleys are fired.... Read More

Try your hand, or foot, at FootGolf

FootGolf is teeing or kicking off at the Otumoetai Golf Club. The club will be running free events on Wednesday April 24 and Sunday April 28 from 3pm-5pm.... Read More

Bringing in the good wood

Who 'wood' have thought? Around a decade ago, members of the Tauranga City Sunrise Lions Club were brainstorming fundraising ideas, and thought selling firewood... Read More

“Council should leave well alone”

'It is not a damned horse paddock. It should not be up for sale to private enterprise.” That's the no-nonsense view of retired accountant, Alan Northcote... Read More

Easter fun in Te Puke

The New World Te Puke Easter Trail is coming to Te Puke on April 17 for kids big and small. Epic Te Puke's Rebecca Larsen says it's a family fun day for... Read More

Hope for the lady of sorrows

She was a woman sleeping rough, one of the 'hidden homeless” and according to Tauranga MP Jan Tinetti, one of the very reasons the brand new womens' shelter,... Read More

Unearthing Tauranga’s Hidden Gem

They are the elderly, the infirm, the lonely and the housebound. Even the lovelorn. 'But we are making a lot of those people happy,” says George... Read More

Schools out for hockey

The popularity of hockey among the important younger age groups continues to grow. Places are filling fast for the first of three Tauranga Hockey holiday... Read More

“I will bomb, smash and kill”

It is a solemn day of remembrance. When the sun comes up, heads are bowed, flags fly at half mast, soulful bugles sound The Last Post and volleys are fired.... Read More

Providing guidance and support

Few teenagers visit their local GP, so school nurses in the bay of Plenty are filling the void with extra support particularly when it comes to emotional distress. ... Read More

Good people and great causes collide

Take two security safes and a fish smoker, and what do you have? A giant plastic building set for junior pupils at Brookfield School. Tauranga-based charity... Read More