Wild food enthusiasts from across the Bay of Plenty are planning their menus and waiting expectantly for Whakatane's Local Wild Food Challenge. Challenge entrants... Read More

Sometimes, faking smiles for rude customers and coming home covered in grease and oil is the least of a fast food employee's worries. While the fast food industry... Read More

Tauranga will enjoy an influx of people celebrating Auckland Anniversary Weekend, with music, dancing and good vibes on the cards this long weekend. Three events,... Read More

The 3:27 big yellow serving route 72 to Otumoetai via Brookfield and Bellevue pulls out of Willow Street bang on time. Three passengers. Seconds later, across... Read More

Nearly 600 years after the Middle Ages, the romance of a knight in shining armour, mounted and brandishing a sword, is not lost. That's why 'Squire School' at... Read More

Income equality advocates Closing the Gap have called for the introduction of a 'living wage' to ensure workers across New Zealand can live on what they earn. Closing... Read More

The Bowentown Boat Club will host a music jam session on Sunday, January 20,from 4-7pm. Featuring local band Paper Road, the event provides an opportunity for... Read More

Greerton Village has a vibrant year planned. From the popular community yarn bombing to steampunk, vintage cars, markets, festivals and spring blossoms, the... Read More

For the Bay of Plenty's Sam Curtis, captain of Northern Spirit in the women's edition of the Super Smash T/20 competition, it's been something of a breakthrough... Read More

It's a gloomy image. The equivalent of 700 jumbo jets full of beverage containers dumped into the environment or landfills each year. And it's costing New Zealand... Read More

David Thompson was right. It probably did feel like an obituary. 'Now he's gone,” read The Weekend Sun story about barber Werner Gamma's departure. 'The... Read More

Tauranga school boy Austin Taylor has danced his way to the top of Australia's Follow Your Dreams competition, held in the first week of January. Representing... Read More