Local News
03:41pm Fri 16 Feb, 2018
This popular event is set to return Greerton Village to a bygone age on Saturday, March 17. First run in November last year, this event proved popular with visitors... Read More
03:38pm Fri 16 Feb, 2018
It's been a big week in politics, with National Party MPs putting their hands up to take over the reins from Bill English, who has resigned and will be leaving... Read More
03:38pm Fri 16 Feb, 2018
After seven months of crocheting together more than 400 plastic bags, you could forgive 13-year-old Hunter Ririnui for never wanting to see another plastic bag... Read More
03:24pm Fri 16 Feb, 2018
The Papamoa community is just that bit safer. That's thanks to its community patrol, a car yard and a substantial benefactor. The car yard, Ebbett Holden and the... Read More
03:23pm Fri 16 Feb, 2018
It's a topic that can be very private - living with an ostomy bag after undergoing surgery. But a local woman wants people to know that there is plenty of support... Read More
03:23pm Fri 16 Feb, 2018
Consider adding four paws to your family this weekend. Tauranga SPCA's Valentine's Second Chance For Love event is on Saturday, February 17 from 10.30am-2.30pm... Read More
03:22pm Fri 16 Feb, 2018
If you've got an old bathtub lying around and fancy giving it a new lease of life, the Bowentown Boating and Sport Fishing Club is holding its annual Bathtub Regatta... Read More
03:21pm Fri 16 Feb, 2018
A vanguard of 20 Italian Zespri kiwifruit growers have arrived in Tauranga to tap into local knowledge and expertise. The group are the first of a number of 'technical... Read More
03:18pm Fri 16 Feb, 2018
Teacher Mr Henderson wanted Lulu's signature. She thought that was funny. When Lulu Boorman appeared on the front page of The Weekend Sun recently, Mr Henderson... Read More
03:13pm Fri 09 Feb, 2018
The country has been withering in the heat, going crisp around the edges with 41.3 registered in Timaru, 37 in Waiau, 34 in Culverden, an official high of 29 in... Read More
03:10pm Fri 09 Feb, 2018
Coming out at 50 is no less terrifying than coming out as a teenager, says a Tauranga woman offering help and advice to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender... Read More
03:10pm Fri 09 Feb, 2018
In the late 1990s, breakdancing saved Tauranga's Rush Wepiha from a life of crime. Now, 20 years later, he's bringing his craft home to try and help other young... Read More












