Local News
01:16pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
A local hobbyist film editor is putting out a call for people to dig out their old home movies of Tauranga. Brian Pinny is hoping to collate as much historical footage... Read More
01:11pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
A suggestion from a member of the public that the Bayfair Norfolk pines be transplanted to the Mount main beach is not going to happen because the trees are too... Read More
01:08pm Fri 16 Jun, 2017
Bethlehem resident Bruce Scanlon tripped and injured himself near the intersection of Westmoreland Rise and Athfield Drive a few weeks ago, and blames the roadside... Read More
05:01pm Fri 09 Jun, 2017
The shortest day of the year - June 21 - is fast approaching, and Trish Rae from Waipuna Hospice wants everyone in the Bay to don their cutest or most loved pair... Read More
05:00pm Fri 09 Jun, 2017
It's an amalgam of athleticism, creativity and artistry. Or a hybrid of swimming, dance and gymnastics - either way it's glamorous athletes performing synchronised,... Read More
04:48pm Fri 09 Jun, 2017
It was a traumatic experience. She was traveling through the United Kingdom in 1981 when she was attacked. But years later, Welcome Bay's Robyn Cotton has found... Read More
04:46pm Fri 09 Jun, 2017
His name is Ranchdolls Alexander - 'Alex' to those close to him. It's a name that smacks a little of privilege, a bit pommy public school. But he is privileged,... Read More
04:41pm Fri 09 Jun, 2017
Papamoa harpist Felicity Whale has been awarded the prestigious Sir Douglas Myers scholarship to study at Cambridge University in England. Known as Fizzi, the 18-year-old... Read More
04:38pm Fri 09 Jun, 2017
While senior Tauranga Girls College pupils spent Tuesday at 'Work Day', the college's home stay students spent the day at the beach - planting sand dunes. 'Every... Read More
04:37pm Fri 09 Jun, 2017
Steven Clark's very black and white. 'I don't watch telly. Too much doom and gloom. It's shocking.” He doesn't have a computer or cellphone. 'No Facebook... Read More
04:34pm Fri 09 Jun, 2017
Were the lights on in the camper van? Or were they turned off? Seems a petty point but there's an important distinction for Shane Palliser and the Tauranga City... Read More
04:23pm Fri 09 Jun, 2017
New Zealand was a violent place before the Treaty of Waitangi, and Tauranga was no exception. The Musket Wars - a series of intertribal conflicts made devastating... Read More












