It's about taking a step in someone else's shoes. And in the case of Red Cross' Maree Boyes and Tauranga mayor Greg Brownless, they're taking 10,000 steps a day... Read More

In the 1960s he pioneered the 'The Auckland Trip' - a bus excursion offering his Tauranga schoolkids some exposure to the wonders of a big city. He and his bus... Read More

St John Ambulance will be consulting before deciding how to distribute its new injection of money and manpower. The government has announced a new investment of... Read More

Angry parents are promising the Bay of Plenty Regional Council a fight over plans to remove the school buses next July and instead place students on the commuter... Read More

Stars from The Flash, Teen Wolf, The 100 and more are expected in Tauranga this weekend for the city's first ever Armageddon Expo. New Zealand's biggest geek and... Read More

He's the Young Turk, the hired gun - and he's been called in to reverse a trend that's bedeviled service organisations worldwide. That's staying young and relevant. 'The... Read More

'Don't ever stop fighting.” That's what Cilla Veldhuizen tells people. She's been fighting cancer for seven years, and has been terminal for two. Cilla found... Read More

A close-up look at the Coastguard vessels and the chance to learn about Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard activities from the volunteers who keep the rescue group operating... Read More

Yes, you read it right. One thousand metres of burpees. That's the challenge being taken on tomorrow morning at Mount Maunganui, as fitness fanatics see whether... Read More

They say revenge is a dish best served cold. Shel Silverstein would have known. He got his own back on Sylvia's mother - the woman immortalised in the 1972 hit... Read More

They're two of the best in the country. And they're Tauranga's. Apprentice plumber Brendan Baker and newly qualified drainlayer Colby Baker - good mates and work... Read More

'Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for all the blessings you gave us.” It's a little prayer uttered by 7-year-old Emma Mischewski when she's being driven to... Read More