Local News
09:00am Fri 27 May, 2016
What's in a name? Quite a lot it would seem, especially for Avenues Kindergarten. The kindergarten has had three names since the early 1960s. The kindergarten on... Read More
08:00am Fri 27 May, 2016
More than 600 billion bits of Lego have been produced by the Danish carpenter and toy-maker Ole Kirk Christiansen in the last 67 years. A nanoscopic proportion... Read More
07:00am Fri 27 May, 2016
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
11:50am Mon 23 May, 2016
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
10:25am Mon 23 May, 2016
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
04:00pm Sat 21 May, 2016
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
12:20pm Sat 21 May, 2016
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
10:09am Sat 21 May, 2016
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
10:00am Sat 21 May, 2016
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
02:07pm Fri 20 May, 2016
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
02:06pm Fri 20 May, 2016
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
01:24pm Fri 20 May, 2016
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