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Books aplenty

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

Kiwi chef bringing healthy eating tour to the Bay

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

Crazy speed, debts and redemption

'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

Drummer to be recognised at annual music festival

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

Why are used car tyres such a toughie?

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

The next generation of whitewater kayaking

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

HOT Pink Walk returning for 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

Red Nose Day aims to be ’bigger than ever’

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

What makes Te Puke tick?

'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

They lost the war but won the peace

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

An eloquent and powerful diabetes message

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

Breaking the silence on suicide

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