Local News
02:07pm Fri 18 Jan, 2019
Wrong, wrong and wrong. But happy to explain why. The man who manages Tauranga city's domestic water supply has responded to some myths and misunderstandings... Read More
02:04pm Fri 18 Jan, 2019
It has been an arduous journey back to international cricket for Doug Bracewell. The 28-year-old all-rounder hit the big time in only his second Test in 2011,... Read More
01:55pm Fri 18 Jan, 2019
He's little more than eight weeks old, but Salem, the little black tom with the white bib and socks, has already used up two or three of his nine lives. Salem... Read More
09:10am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
Glen Afton. Where's Glen Afton? It's a coal mine where 11 men were asphyxiated by carbon monoxide in 1939? 'That's exactly what I mean! History is disappearing.”... Read More
09:10am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
It's more than just wearing a black singlet and stubbies like our favourite bloke Wal' Footrot. Sheep shearing is a historical trade, where more time equals less... Read More
09:08am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
No one has died. Not yet. But it could be only time. They are the jumpers, the people who trespass on the rail bridge over the Chapel St causeway, using it as... Read More
09:07am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
When the gun went off at 7am on January 2, 1990, more than 230 individuals and 80 team swimmers plunged into the tide and headed into a maze of boats clustered... Read More
09:07am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
Ron Briggs has a lot in common with the Toyotas he peddled at an Auckland caryard for 40 years. Both Ron and the Toyotas just keep going. Being 76 years old... Read More
09:06am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
Backflips, rulers and the train will be some of the many freestyle motorcross stunts Tauranga can expect to see this weekend. Some of the world's best motorcross... Read More
09:05am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
'You can be called the director, but you can't direct a show without a good team.” It's not a one-man band, but Jonty Climo is the brain behind 16th Avenue... Read More
09:04am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the skies are blue, but instead of lazing in a hammock or going for a swim, you're back at work - or maybe you didn't... Read More
09:03am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
A children's book written to support whanau of premature babies will be gifted free to families whose babies go through one of New Zealand's six Neonatal Intensive... Read More












