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City on its Feet is searching

A leader, a commander, someone who presides over, or governs. There's an air of authority about a Captain - by definition - but get a group of City on its Feet... Read More

Telling it how it is

She is a local woman, lives with autism, is hailed for her advocacy work in the autism community, and has this month been speaking out strongly on autism acceptance... Read More

A husband, a wife, and Mozart

He was the prince - a ballet dancer from the potato and onion patch of Pukekohe. She was the princess - beautiful and graceful and crafting her ballet skills at... Read More

A new breed of tourism

There's no doubt the Bay of Plenty is home to its own 'wonders of the world'. The region boasts some of the nation's greatest beaches, trails, waterfalls, natural... Read More

A hobby with a conscience

There's less than two weeks to go until every gamebird hunter's favourite weekend of the year, so it's time to break out the camo, ammo, and get your ducks in a... Read More

Help the change - keep the change

A poster has been designed for display in Greerton shop windows to encourage people not to give money to street beggars. Greerton Village retailer Dan Hughes has... Read More

Icon or eyesore on Cliff Road

'Ridiculous projections.” Ted Petrie fires it out. He doesn't hold back. And he produces a well-notated Heart of the City document on the proposal for a museum... Read More

Blowing of the shofars

On Sunday morning, shofars will be blown from over 100 locations across New Zealand, as the start of a wave of blessing around the world towards Israel. Katikati... Read More

Private J L Hartland

'Their name liveth for evermore.” A line from Ecclesiasticus, chapter 44, verse 14, which English writer Rudyard Kipling suggested as an epitaph to be carved... Read More

Quick facts for the by-elections

This by-election covers the extraordinary vacancy for one Tauranga City councillor elected at-large. The vacancy has arisen from the recent death of Councillor... Read More

New seats bring enjoyment back

A Tauranga couple who took a public stand last year against inadequate seating for wheelchair patrons and their companions at Event Cinemas Tauranga finally got... Read More

Parkrun coming to Tauranga

A free, volunteer-driven community run that has taken the country by storm since reaching New Zealand shores in 2012 is coming to Tauranga this month. The first... Read More