She arrived a couple of weeks ago - Nevaeh Joyce Jayde Puawai Short. Nevaeh is heaven spelt backwards, Joyce after Dad Dave's grandmother, Jayde is a feminisation... Read More

He could simply be a statistic - one of three tragic numbers: eight, 29 or 50. Or all three. Twenty-nine being the number of fatal road crashes so far this year,... Read More

It was what the free runners call a 'bail and slam”. It means as it sounds - a failure, a painful failure where an airborne body collides with an immoveable... Read More

'Galagan Polaris”, that's his kennel name, be warned - you're a marked man. That's because the imposing pedigree Maremma Sheepdog barked at the Western Bay... Read More

When Neville Corson learned to play the drums in Boy Scouts, World War II had just finished. Seven decades later, his 15-year-old grandson was asked to start learning... Read More

Guy Hobson came as a package deal. Him and 65 boxes of books. That's damn near 3000 books. All the way from Leicestershire via Auckland to Tauranga. 'There's 30... Read More

They eyeballed each other from 10 paces. They sensed a connection but were unsure. After all it's been five years; a whole five years. 'She's eyeing him differently,”... Read More

More than 15,000 reggae lovers from across the world are heading to town for the One Love Festival this Waitangi Weekend. Presented by Pato Entertainment, the fourth... Read More

It's safe to say I put on a few kilos during the long weekend. Taste testing some of New Zealand's best craft beer, wine and food at On The Lawn satisfied the lips,... Read More

Join in the fun and the spectacle at the second Waihi Beach Frocks on Bikes event on Sunday, February 7 - all you need is a frock, a bike, a drink bottle, sunblock... Read More

He is John Pheasant. He fixes and flies aeroplanes, his own Tiger Moth biplane. This Pheasant is a flyer by name and by deed. 'I am the only pheasant that needs... Read More

Helen Graham is a gentle, polite, and softly-spoken woman, not at all like her great-grandfather Reverend Canon Charles Jordan. The first vicar of Tauranga's Holy... Read More