Local News
12:25pm Fri 13 Oct, 2017
They'll gather in the early morning gloom on the slopes of Hopukioe or Mount Drury. About 50 people all told - and adherents of the global faith of Baha'i. And... Read More
12:24pm Fri 13 Oct, 2017
A University of Auckland research student has arrived in Tauranga to gently prise open two major local disasters to gain an insight into how they affected voting... Read More
11:25am Fri 13 Oct, 2017
Maddie Mckenzie didn't wish for anything fanciful - she didn't want to be flown to the moon, or Disneyland, be a millionaire, or meet Katy Perry. When the Make-A-Wish... Read More
11:24am Fri 13 Oct, 2017
If you want to go to school and clown around, that's absolutely fine with Rowan Ford Dawson. Because he's made a career out of it and now he's part of a plan to... Read More
11:21am Fri 13 Oct, 2017
Off the back of a strong performance against Otago, the Bay of Plenty Steamers will take on Waikato in the Bayleys Battle of the Kaimais on Saturday afternoon. In... Read More
11:02am Fri 13 Oct, 2017
Ladies, find your fascinator, and gents, dig out your top hat because the Melbourne Cup Rotary Charity Carnival is back. Tauranga Te Papa Rotary has been busy organising... Read More
09:34am Fri 06 Oct, 2017
It's addictive apparently. And it traverses the generations. Ask the Oldfields. Dad Mike Oldfield built a model railway for his son when he was a boy. Now the... Read More
09:31am Fri 06 Oct, 2017
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be inside a video game? If you step inside the lift at Tauranga Art Gallery you'll come pretty close. Papamoa artist... Read More
09:29am Fri 06 Oct, 2017
'Blimmin' darling woman!” That's how a cash-strapped Papamoa mum describes the Samaritan who stepped in and salvaged a dire situation at the supermarket... Read More
09:00am Fri 06 Oct, 2017
For two years they've been hunting for a better place to practise. A big open space, with high ceilings and room to tumble. And finally, after two years, they've... Read More
08:54am Fri 06 Oct, 2017
'The Power of Love' by Huey Lewis and the News. Campbell 'Mack' McKenzie will be giving the 1985 hit the treatment at the Mount Busking Festival this Sunday. 'Very... Read More
08:53am Fri 06 Oct, 2017
Not many people will be thinking about running another race at the end of the inaugural Tauranga International Marathon. But Ryo Miyanami will be tacking on an... Read More