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

Tauranga YMCA is in talks with the city council about transforming the Welcome Bay tennis club into a youth centre. Tauranga manager Calum Davie announced the YMCA's... Read More

'Grumpy” is 198cms of environmental indignation today. 'If it was a tip, ” he says, just a little condescendingly, 'we would have refuse transfer station... Read More

Excited children and adults alike braved the rain at the Omokoroa Sports Grounds today for the turning of the first sod on the community's own one-of-a-kind skating... Read More

It has provided entertainment, formed memories - and sometimes caused a kerfuffle with children not wanting to leave - at the back of a Mount Maunganui video store... Read More

Higor and Tara Fiuza arrived in white T-shirts and left covered top-to-toe in colour. They'd been to the free Colour Splash event - and Bay of Plenty residents... Read More

It was the day the dog, the puppy, came home. Summer, the Cocker Spaniel, was weak, lame and hungry after a week in the bush evading searchers. It was like scenes... Read More

There's a fat gardener, thin gardener and the main man. An unlikely triumvirate running 'TRG” - the code for Tauranga City Council's most successful commercial... Read More

'Bottles don't belong in gutters,” says Tauranga teenager Jake Hoffart. 'I spend a lot of time outdoors and I constantly see cans and bottles littering our... Read More

By day, they're businessmen, family men, or retired men. In their spare time, they tweak, fiddle and play with their model engines. Building trains, traction engines,... Read More

Celebrated photographer Paul Alsop says his latest photographic series will marry his creative pursuits with his professional responsibilities. The 35-year-old Papmoa... Read More