Local News
09:29am Fri 02 Oct, 2015
A budding karateka out of Papamoa has just had her first whiff of international competition - and now she is cautiously pondering a place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Isabellah... Read More
12:14pm Wed 30 Sep, 2015
A group of Tauranga mums are getting together to share the knowledge about safe babywearing practices. Babywearing Tauranga holds monthly workshops to demonstrate... Read More
09:29am Tue 29 Sep, 2015
Plans to merge Bay of Plenty's two biggest tertiary institutes is expected to decide in about a month the government says. Tertiary Education minister Steven Joyce... Read More
10:22am Fri 25 Sep, 2015
It was just a small bag of groceries, but it meant a lot. Naomi Cowland got a warm fuzzy feeling when she gifted the food to a young mum she'd never met before. That's... Read More
08:00am Fri 25 Sep, 2015
Bay of Plenty rider Ben Townley should feel right at home when he lines up to represent New Zealand at the annual Motocross of Nations in France at the end of... Read More
04:27pm Wed 23 Sep, 2015
Of the 11,492 total known dogs in Tauranga city environs, only 69 of them attacked people during the last year, Tauranga City Council figures show. The number of... Read More
03:53pm Wed 23 Sep, 2015
With the threat of isolation should disaster strike at the front of their minds, a group of Te Puna residents have taken matters into their own hands. The Te Puna... Read More
03:03pm Wed 23 Sep, 2015
Representing the 41 members of the Bay of Plenty branch of the New Zealand Korea Veterans' Association, seven Tauranga veterans were honoured in a poignant ceremony... Read More
08:06am Wed 23 Sep, 2015
Shane Walker is trying to make a name for himself in the art world, and what better way is there than to splash colour over the run-down buildings of your hometown... Read More
02:00pm Mon 21 Sep, 2015
Spare time is rare for Denise Arnold. A mother-of-two, full-time lawyer and founder of a trust that aims to improve the lives of at-risk children in a third-world... Read More
08:10am Mon 21 Sep, 2015
A simple, ongoing approach to eating and exercise is the key to weight-loss and managing diabetes, says Dr Trish Zingel from Bethlehem Doctors. That's why she signed... Read More
09:20am Fri 18 Sep, 2015
They're known as 'invisible booby traps” - rental homes contaminated by methamphetamine manufacture or use, and inhabited by unwitting tenants. It's said... Read More