Local News

Learning from the sea

Make a splash during Seaweek with an educational and family-fun harbour event. The Happy Harbour Fun Day features hands-on outdoor activities that relate to Tauranga... Read More

Petrol-heads getting pumped

Motorbikes, muscle cars, hot rods and all things motorised - that's what will be on display as part of the Bay of Plenty Coastal Cruisers Motorcycle Club's motorcycle... Read More

A hark back to the 1980s

If you were a teenager in the 1980s, you were bound to have bopped along to one or more tunes from The Mockers, and maybe even set up your tape recorder to record... Read More

Guten tag, bonjour, kia ora

Wednesdays are a short day for Tauranga insurance executive Ben Rickard. He clears his desk by 2.30pm. But it's not to play golf or go fishing. He's off to a tutorial... Read More

Rat trapping on its way for Bay

Rat traps will be popping up in the backyards of Merivale and Matua next month as local environmental groups begin a push for the Bay of Plenty to become predator... Read More

Talking with Tinetti

Tauranga Labour list MP Jan Tinetti has revealed a deeply personal tragedy while talking in support of her leader and Prime Minister. The MP had been asked by The... Read More

Tauranga’s Airman of the Year

Tauranga born-and-bred, Carlin O'Neill has been honoured by the Royal New Zealand Air Force as their Airman of the Year. The acting sergeant is the second person... Read More

Don’t talk about it, just do it

It's the numbers that drive Jenny Galey to pick up the knitting needles each day. Numbers like 700 million - the estimated number of supermarket plastic bags New... Read More

A night of fun to benefit youth

An upcoming fundraiser is set to help build the potential of talented youth in Tauranga. The fundraiser will see the Beatgirls perform on a night of fun and entertainment... Read More

Local oil spill exercise

Regional council staff have been dealing with an oil spill exercise at Butters Wharf near the aerodrome bridge this week. Called Operation Basil Brush (Boom Boom),... Read More

Rules changes affect all craft

Changes to Maritime Rules that come into effect on March 15 this year will affect both recreational and commercial boats. Sailing boats no longer have to have manual... Read More

Judy Alvos

One evening, while strumming away on the beach piano in Pilot Bay, I caught a flash of red behind me on the seaside seat. Turning, I discovered a vibrant and exotic... Read More