Local News
04:00pm Thu 24 Dec, 2015
It's that time of year when we let our hair down and celebrate the summer break, and Bay of Plenty Sexual Assault Support Services is encouraging people to stay... Read More
03:00pm Thu 24 Dec, 2015
An exclusive one-on-one, up-close and personal encounter with the fat chap in the red suit was bound to deliver some gems for The Weekend Sun reporter. And Santa... Read More
11:30am Thu 24 Dec, 2015
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
09:00am Thu 24 Dec, 2015
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
04:38pm Tue 22 Dec, 2015
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
12:00pm Sun 20 Dec, 2015
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
10:00am Sun 20 Dec, 2015
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
03:00pm Fri 18 Dec, 2015
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
02:00pm Fri 18 Dec, 2015
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
01:00pm Fri 18 Dec, 2015
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
12:00pm Fri 18 Dec, 2015
'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
11:00am Fri 18 Dec, 2015
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