A poll is currently underway to determine whether the Western Bay of Plenty District Council should introduce Maori wards - but are they necessary? A WBOPDC... Read More

Joy Oliver's Whakamarama living room is testament to her passion for horses. There are photographs of her competing in eventing, paintings and ornaments... Read More

They're taking the message out on the road, to the people, and that message is about demystifying the hospice, answering questions and distributing information... Read More

Tauranga mum Jazmin Lashlie only began volunteering as a firefighter last year, but she's already taking on one of the toughest challenges any firefighter can... Read More

From being waifs and little fur ball ragamuffins one week, to show ponies the next. Show cats, actually. But either way, Gabby and Mazikeen have fallen... Read More

When the aspiring actors from Tauranga Girls' and Boys' Colleges tread the boards this week for 'Beauty and the Beast' there will be more than a moment of thanks... Read More

A pro-museum interpretation of the 60/40 museum referendum result is being challenged by the council's City Transformation Committee chairman and museum advocate,... Read More

Local young fisherman Rylan Layne couldn't contain his excitement when he tagged and released his first marlin at the recent Tauranga Sport Fishing Club One... Read More

It was Gael Blaymires' dad who unwittingly drove her out into the garden - a sprawling wasteland, as she calls it, in King Street behind the Z petrol station... Read More

Public bus services don't generate too much positive feedback. Not many compliments. 'It's the nature of the beast,” says well-known Rotorua coach... Read More

A commercial featuring a sign-singing version of Bay of Plenty musician Tiki Taane's song 'There's No Place Like Home' will feature on television and online... Read More

Vandals and the homeless have done their worst to upset the Tauranga Harbour City Lions and one of its major annual community fundraising drives. 'It's... Read More