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12:27pm Fri 31 Aug, 2018
Whether you love immersing yourself in a good romcom or sci-fi novel, or simply enjoy flicking through a classic picture book, there's something for everyone at... Read More
12:26pm Fri 31 Aug, 2018
What came first, the chicken or the egg? According to the British Nutrition Foundation, 41 per cent of children under the age of eight don't know where eggs come... Read More
12:25pm Fri 31 Aug, 2018
'Quocunque jeceris stabi' - motto of the Isle of Man, 600 square kilometres of motorcycling heaven, or motorcycling graveyard, in the Irish Sea. 'Officially it... Read More
12:25pm Fri 31 Aug, 2018
When Tauranga's primary schools take to the stage at Baycourt next week for their annual music festival there will be a familiar face missing. Rex Tomich has... Read More
12:24pm Fri 31 Aug, 2018
Where do old tyres go to die? One was unceremoniously dumped off the boardwalk into the delicate and pristine mangrove habitat at the head of Waikareao Estuary.... Read More
12:23pm Fri 31 Aug, 2018
Gabi Lolohea and Joseph Dunn may be the fresh new faces of whitewater kayaking in New Zealand; the first glimpse of a Polynesian paddling dynasty. When the pair... Read More
12:23pm Fri 31 Aug, 2018
Come October the Tauranga CBD will come to life in a sea of pink as thousands of residents walk together to remember those who have either lost their lives or... Read More
12:22pm Fri 31 Aug, 2018
Cure Kids' annual Red Nose Day returns this September and aims to be bigger than ever, with Kiwis invited to enjoy a range of activities throughout the month to... Read More
12:21pm Fri 31 Aug, 2018
'There's something special happening here.” Here being Te Puke. 'The way the town turns out is fantastic. Says something about the community I have moved... Read More
12:21pm Fri 31 Aug, 2018
It was a beautiful, yet deadly sight and it loomed over Japan - an ominous cloud of white and then red. The atomic bomb that dropped on Japan in 1945 killed... Read More
12:18pm Fri 31 Aug, 2018
Arataki School student Kayelani Edwards is amazed to find herself a published illustrator. The six-year-old's colourful artwork is one of 15 hand-drawn pictures... Read More
12:17pm Fri 31 Aug, 2018
Tauranga youth are hoping to break the silence on the subject of suicide with a HopeWalk from Memorial Park to Sulphur Point on September 8. This is the second... Read More












