It's not all about crackles and booms, and the chances are your pet will suffer from some degree of anxiety and fear during Guy Fawkes' night. With more than... Read More

Dig out your trees and baubles, blow up your inflatable Santa and start untangling your strings of Christmas lights, because now is the time to plan for and enter... Read More

Updated plans to improve the safety of State Highway 2 between Waihi and Tauranga have been announced, with some projects going ahead immediately and others on... Read More

St Thomas Moore Catholic School at Mount Maunganui has become the first school in New Zealand to receive a sentinel garden. The science/biosecurity awareness... Read More

When Tauranga's Dion Seeling broke his neck playing rugby as a teenager, the local rugby 'family' rallied around him. So too did the New Zealand Rugby Foundation,... Read More

Tauranga's Rob McGowan has loved plants ever since he was old enough to grab one in his tiny fist. This fascination grew when he was given responsibility for... Read More

It won't be a meeting where you sit around in a circle and share your problems. Tauranga's new Insight Endometriosis volunteer, Katie Bear, is aiming to nurture... Read More

Halloween trivia is as rich and fascinating as the history of the festival itself. Did you know, for example, that a quarter of all lollies sold annually in the... Read More

For someone who used to be painfully shy and afraid of public speaking, scientist Dr Michelle Dickinson, aka Nanogirl, has certainly overcome her fears via her... Read More

Bromeliads love the Bay of Plenty - they grow well here. And the subtropical plants will get a lot of attention and love back when the Tauranga Bromeliad Club... Read More

An event to remember the sights, sounds and songs of the Great War will be held on Armistice Day in Tauranga, with all proceeds going to Waipuna Hospice. '100... Read More

While most students are neck-deep in essays, Wade Harrison is currently going through the process of making flavoured-milk. The second-year Bachelor of Food Technology... Read More