Local News

Two-wheeled treasure hunt

Ready, set, go! Bayride Motorcycles is challenging motorbike riders to take part in their annual treasure hunt around the Bay this Sunday, May 29. The event is... Read More

Home Show visitor wins new spa

A Tauranga woman will be able to soak away the winter chill after winning a $9000 Hot Springs Spa thanks to The Tauranga Home Show. Bay Events, organisers of the... Read More

Drinking in art

Flashy stainless steel and forged in the shape of koru, the new water fountains at Otumoetai Intermediate School could be easily mistaken for modern art sculptures. But... Read More

Challenge for councils not working

Tauranga and the Western Bay's Joint Governance Committee's backdown last month over the two councils' waste minimisation programme is symptomatic of a deeper malaise,... Read More

Healthy queens for hive survival

New Zealand honey bee population is growing, despite the fact queen problems are at the heart of bee health issues. The Ministry for Primary Industries and the... Read More

Oh to be Peter

As a child I wished I had been called Peter. A good name - a solid, strong name. From the Greek word 'petros' meaning 'stone' or 'rock'. According to the New Testament,... Read More

Long awaited road link

Construction has begun on a long awaited Grenada St connection, joining the Mount Maunganui end with the Papamoa end and creating a second through-road. Opening... Read More

Moa Park's new barbecue

Mount Maunganui Lions Club is sizzling up a storm this lunch time. They are unveiling the new barbecue they have donated to Moa Park. Club secretary George Pocock... Read More

The Weekend Sun earns gold

The Bay's favourite, most-read newspaper is now officially the favourite of the nation's print industry. The Weekend Sun has won the country's top printing prize... Read More

Labour preparing to make a charge

They were hunkered down behind locked doors in the Arataki Community Centre and plotting. 'It starts right here,” says Phil Twyford, senior Labour politician,... Read More

Event funds up for grabs

Tauranga City Council's next round of community events funding is open for applications, which encourages those oprgnaising events that connect the community, celebrate... Read More

Getting it off and getting it down

No thank you! We're the conservative Christian bastion of Tauranga. Nude yoga may be okay in 'anything goes' Auckland enclaves like Westmere, but here in the Bay... Read More