Local News

Spend the surplus on the bridge

Terry 'Hori BOP' Leaming wants to see Prime Minister Bill English spend some of the recently announced government's budget surplus money on making the Maungatapu... Read More

Holder joins Hayden and Hyundai

He's only driven 10km in the car - but Tauranga's David Holder isn't letting this put him off a rare opportunity to drive as part of the Hyundai NZ Rally Team in... Read More

Bay of Plenty titles decided

Although the stockcar class required a runoff to determine the Bay of Plenty champion, it was the saloons and super saloons that provided the closest racing at... Read More

Tara’s special night with Adele

It was pandemonium. English singer-songwriter and international superstar Adele steps on stage and 45,000 people go off. Cheers, yelling, clapping, whistling, yahooing. But... Read More

Passengers left banging heads

Ron and Marion Chamberlain wanted compensation for what they describe as half a cruise line experience. 'Only half our cabin was useable” says Ron. So, he... Read More

More than just an owl

Charles and Janine Williams have been creating an owl - called 'ruru' in Maori - on the side of a building in Dive Crescent as part of the Tauranga Paradox Street... Read More

New blue card for safety

Players and spectators at local rugby games might notice referees have an extra coloured card up their sleeve. As well as the usual red and yellow cards, refs now... Read More

Deforestation on The Strand

Wife of 38 years, 'Ans', has never seen Gerry's upper lip. Never, ever. All of her married life she's had to kiss a moustache. It's a fine moustache though - of... Read More

Fillies and fashion fever!

Ladies and Gentleman - it's time to don your fancy frocks and frills, grab your wallets and gather the kids - because tomorrow Racing Tauranga is hosting a horse... Read More

Painting the town – literally

Some of the CBD's streets and walls are being given a cosmopolitan dress-up by some of the world's finest street artists. 'It's a chance for Tauranga to position... Read More

Jim's fifth tilt at the trophy

Tauranga horse trainer Jim Pender has been four times lucky - training four winning horses to claim the Windsor Park Stud Japan NZ International Trophy at Tauranga... Read More

Seawall now short term patch up

'They just wanted us out, plain and simple”. And whenever Brenda Butler - former manager of the Cargo Shed arts collective on Dive Crescent - sees another... Read More