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Building exactly what you want

When Bevan and Lisa Hyland decided to build their new home, they decided to build with Signature Homes - a good decision, says Lisa. 'It's the first time we've... Read More

Mystery of missing ‘boy’ continues

A request went out recently to The Weekend Sun readers asking for help to locate a missing statue of a small boy that once sat in Tauranga's Robbins Park. Tauranga... Read More

Tinetti enters stage left

It was a cruel catalyst for change. Just one dark moment in early-January. It didn't make the newspapers or the TV, and no-one saw it coming. A 20-year-old committed... Read More

Free-to-air AB’s gathers momentum

It couldn't have happened at a better time for New Zealand First. MP Clayton Mitchell's anti-siphoning legislation - the bill which would return the All Blacks,... Read More

A rare double medal honour

A rare awarding of two New Zealand Cadet Forces Medals occurred in town this week - to honour two people who have each given 12 years of service to Tauranga's 16... Read More

Painting the town

If you hadn't noticed already, the train doors at Memorial Park have been jazzed up. Local artist Jan Morrison has taken the blank canvas that was six tunnel doors... Read More

Will you take this woman…again

'I have done one thing few men have done,” says Tauranga identity Trevor Blaker reflecting on the 36,500 days or 100 years he has engaged with this planet. 'I... Read More

A theme party like no other

Tauranga residents are invited to a three-day festival of music, arts and sustainability held on private farmland deep in the heart of the Waikino Valley in Waihi... Read More

A mountain of a challenge

Fifty times, 50 days, in anticipation for her big 5-0. Yes, Tauranga woman Ann Wicken from R.I.S.E Food and Fitness will summit the equivalent of Mount Everest-and-a-bit... Read More

Make the most of a small space

If you're getting tired of living in a big house with too many rooms to clean, or you're looking to considerably downsize, then listen up. Mauao Performing Arts... Read More

Trucks versus emotional wellbeing

Emotional pressure's being heaped on the New Zealand Transport Agency to build a bypass around Katikati before it 'becomes a grubby little strip town” offering... Read More

From behind the Iron Curtain

When Steffi August is troubled, she seeks the wise counsel of a mountain. 'Mauao is so powerful,” says Steffi, who claims a deep spiritual connection with... Read More