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‘A bag is a breeze’

It's not really a subject you'd want to bring up at the dinner table, but Diane Cheyne believes it needs to be said. Tauranga resident Diane is one of around... Read More

Creating more Mauao guardians

A team of Mauao kaitiaki (guardians) will offer free training to help keep a damaging fungus off the Mount Maunganui landmark. Pohutukawa trees that encircle... Read More

Te Puke youth trust under threat

A charitable trust working to support Te Puke youth may have to close its doors if it can't make its rent payment this month. The Vector Group Charitable Trust,... Read More

Field of Remembrance coming to Tauranga waterfront

White crosses will start appearing on Tauranga waterfront from next week as a Field of Remembrance is installed to mark the lives of the region's soldiers who... Read More

Competitive cooking

Like most contestants, they lounged on their sofa watching My Kitchen Rules NZ and thought to themselves: 'This looks easy, sign us up!” Couple Sindy Coetzee,... Read More

Discover Matakana Island on memorial walk

If you've ever wanted to experience the culture and customs of Matakana Island, a fundraiser for Waipuna Hospice on October 21 will provide the perfect opportunity. The... Read More

A new beginning for breast cancer survivor

They say bad luck runs in threes. That was certainly the case for Papamoa's Karen Kemp, with surgery for a hole in her heart followed by a hysterectomy in 2015... Read More

‘Shameless’ thieves steal charity donations

Thieves have targeted Alzheimers Tauranga's fundraising plant stand for the third time in a year, stealing much-needed donations. Manager Julie Sargisson says... Read More

Squash scholarship served to Tauranga student

Tauranga turned on a sunny day when the inaugural recipient of the University of Waikato Squash Scholarship - third year student Ben Grindrod - met up with Dudley... Read More

Call for Maori women to have breast checks

'Don't be scared, just get it done.” That's the message from Tauranga's Lucia Ekenasio, 51, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy to treat breast cancer. Lucia... Read More

Pasifika culture on the grand stage

It's a claim that would be backed by anyone who attended last year's Pasifika in the Bay festival - that upping the ante on this year's festival would be a hard... Read More

Pink pooches to join the parade

The colour pink is believed to be the colour of universal love of oneself and others, including our pets. Fitting, then, that Tauranga will be swathed in a sea... Read More