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Sandcastle spectacular

A sandcastle doesn't have to be two buckets of sand plonked on top of each other and adored with sea lettuce and a shell or two. And during summer Brett Muir definitely... Read More

The mysterious story of Stinga

Sellars and Stinga have been left battered but not bruised. Kathy Sellars didn't win the SunLive Baypark Demolition Derby, but would do it again - and Stinga puttered... Read More

A colourful start to 2017

Start the New Year off right with a splash of colour. The 2017 Colour Splash festival will be at Mount Maunaganui's Coronation Park on January 14 from 12pm-4pm... Read More

High in the skies

The skies above Tauranga City Airport will reverberate with the sounds of fast jets and some of the fastest land-based vehicles in New Zealand at the second annual... Read More

Simon’s menacing cheesecutter

Did he deserve to feel humiliated? Was he singled out for unfair attention? Or was he simply being mischievous and provocative? 'No, I wasn't,” says Simon... Read More

Looking for gardens missing 'boy'

It's a mystery. Robbins Park Rose Gardens used to have a statue of a small boy holding the name plaque. Unfortunately, this statue was damaged some years ago. And... Read More

Bringing the aroha to One Love

When George 'Fiji' Veikoso first performed in Aotearoa 'way back in the day” it was to a crowd of people in its hundreds. Fast forward to the 2016 One Love... Read More

Lowest number of NY arrests

Traditionally, New Year's Eve is probably the worst night of the year for Western Bay of Plenty Police. 'The aggression, the disorder, the fighting, the violence,”... Read More

Get mad on darts

Tauranga's John Kelly is mad on darts, and he hopes you will be too after a visit from two of the United Kingdom's top players this January. John is among six Kiwi... Read More

A Sikh street parade

This year's Sikh Parade, hosted by Gurdwara Sikh Sangat Tauranga, marks 350 years since the birthday of Guru Gobind Singh, and will be held on January 7. 'Last... Read More

For the love of boysenberries

Craig McNaughton is carrying on a 30-year family tradition of growing boysenberries at Papamoa. And it's a tradition that let's many families - from the Bay and... Read More

‘I’m not nervous’

The overalls and helmet have been fitted, the car safety-checked and modified - and nerves are under control. Now all that's left for Kathy Sellars is to put pedal... Read More