Local News
10:45am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
Listen to Karen Summerhays, of the Te Puke Centre Working Group, and the deal is done - bar licking the stamps. The numbers stack up. 'This town is buying that... Read More
10:44am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
Two Western Bay students are the first recipients of the Waitaha-A-Hei/University of Waikato Scholarships, worth $14,500 each. Te Puke High School's Travis Moke... Read More
10:42am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
It's a cause close to her heart, and now Sarah Bolt is stepping up to volunteer for the Alzheimer's Association. 'I started volunteering as I wanted to give back... Read More
10:41am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
It's more about family than a show 'n tell of your classic beauties. The annual toy run has been running for 15 years, and will continue to rev on. The Tauranga... Read More
10:40am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
Will New Zealand make it three consecutive Rugby World Cup titles in Japan next year, or will Ireland, England or South Africa take home the William Webb Ellis... Read More
09:40am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
More than 12,000 people, including a large number from the Bay of Plenty, have attached their signatures to a petition aimed at convincing politicians that dumping... Read More
04:41pm Fri 23 Nov, 2018
He's 'wrong”, and Transport Minister Phil Twyford has told Scott Simpson so. Speaking to The Weekend Sun, Phil says Coromandel National MP was 'wrong”... Read More
04:32pm Fri 23 Nov, 2018
It is New Zealand's fifth-largest city, yet Tauranga is the only one where women are deprived of easy access to safe, surgical abortion services. Now, abortion... Read More
04:31pm Fri 23 Nov, 2018
Is the Cargo Shed - that monument to all things utilitarian and occupying prime waterfront real estate on Dive Crescent - worth saving? The Tauranga Historical... Read More
04:31pm Fri 23 Nov, 2018
'To suddenly feel capable, when you've never felt capable at any time in your life, is a great feeling.” Alice Hostler, 27, is a mother of three and a boxer.... Read More
04:29pm Fri 23 Nov, 2018
A bylaw banning begging and rough sleeping in Tauranga, Greerton and Mount Maunganui CBDs will come into effect from next year. Elected members voted 6-5 in favour... Read More
04:00pm Fri 23 Nov, 2018
Peter Carruthers came up with a unique way to celebrate his wife Alison's 90th birthday this week. After turning 92 himself on Wednesday, he devised a plan to... Read More