It wasn't just the wind, it was also the water, and it surged throughout the city. After Tacloban had been hit by Typhoon Haiyan, Julie McGowan was one of many... Read More

Peti Tuanau, 6, calls her Nana Gaye. To 65-year-old Rose Theobald she is simply Gaye. To both she is a teacher of an artistic dance form of which age is no barrier... Read More

It's more than having fun and climbing up a wall. And it's certainly more than mere child's play. They scale the wall akin to a superhero, clinging on for... Read More

If you're any good at charades or Pictionary, it might be a good idea to brush up on these skills before heading off on an overseas holiday. In Portugal, for... Read More

I may be lacking in laugh lines and life experiences, but for one night I got to experience what it was like being the ripe old age of 50. The Red Hat... Read More

It was a high tea in a hair dressing salon - a hair dressing academy to be precise. There were tiny cakes, cucumber sandwiches and lashings of pink. Pink... Read More

A Tauranga high school has reacted swiftly and unequivocally to unconfirmed reports of students harvesting suspicious mushrooms on the banks of a gully bordering... Read More

Hot rods and steampunk make for a heady mix and it's all coming to Tauranga this weekend for the Bay Rodders annual Winterblast. The event gets underway... Read More

She's an orphan - unloved, abandoned. Given name Caldina, family name Toyota. Age - indeterminate - born Nagoya sometime between 1992 and 2007 when production... Read More

'Kiwifruit picking - why on earth would you?” A seasoned picker and pruner slamming the industry which has employed him for 35 years. And which, for the... Read More

Most international travelers return home inspired by encounters, experiences, people, food, music and adventures. Not Geoff Brann. 'We've travelled extensively,... Read More

When Noel Kelly's garage doors open up, he's open for business. For more than 10 years, Noel has said he is going to retire, but he still keeps working. Described... Read More