Courtney McMahon and Jess King may have been born in different cities, but they share something in common - a passionate love of Mount Maunganui. They are two of... Read More

Rodney D'Ott was the ringleader, the troublemaker. And if the truth be known, Brian Lissette would have been co-conspirator. The facts are emerging now - 60 years... Read More

Dust off the deck chairs and pull out the picnic basket because the Interislander Summer Festival is coming back to Tauranga this New Year. The Interislander Summer... Read More

It was the day the reading recovery teacher gulped and choked back the tears. 'It was a wee bit emotional,” explains Dayle Sorrensen. A few of the older students... Read More

More than 100 Bay of Plenty students - including those from Gate Pa, Greenpark, Te Ranga, Omanu and Pongakawa - have got liquid-filled guide to water and how it's... Read More

Older readers will recall taking back Dad's empty bottles to the corner store, and cashing the profits in on bags of lollies or comic books. Today's kids might... Read More

Glenis Ashley's declaration 'I never win anything' changed this week when she picked up the major prize of $5000 cash in Papamoa Plaza's annual Shop 'n' Win promotion. 'I'm... Read More

Beggars have divided the main street in Mount Maunganui. On one side of the street there are calls for compassion and understanding towards those with their hands... Read More

'Mavis' and 'Lorna', those delightful Bowling Ladies, recently heckled Anthony Lugo-Sharpe at the Topp Twins performance at Baycourt. Asked what he did for a living,... Read More

For 56 years he worked for just one company. Most of his working life with just one employer, NZ Railways in its various incarnations. '[For] 56 years and one week,”... Read More

Vanuatu is still struggling to recover from Cyclone Pam that slammed into the tropical paradise last March. But for Tauranga philanthropist teenager Courtney Tilby,... Read More

The Weekend Sun is following the story of retired policeman Brian Lissette's most rewarding investigative work, a personal cold case stretching back more than 70... Read More