Local News

New funds let locals shape their own communities

Everyday Western Bay of Plenty people can now get support to make their own meaningful difference in their community via a new fund being run by the... Read More

Community centre opens as Bay mourns deaths

A community care centre has been set up in central Mount Maunganui to support those grieving after the fatal landslides in the Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga... Read More

Big weekend in-store for Katikati!

Katikati is about to buzz this weekend as two mainstay events take place. The town's only twilight concert for 2026 is tomorrow night, January 31, at the... Read More

Summer Shakespeare at play in quarry park

- Sponsored content Enter a whimsical world of love, laughter and self-discovery as local youth hone their creative skills in Summer Shakespeare Tauranga... Read More

Festival honours godwits’ record-breaking flight

Each spring, an extraordinary homecoming unfolds above Tauranga Harbour. After flying more than 12,000km non-stop from Alaska to New Zealand, bar-tailed godwits... Read More

Festival of innovation is back for 2026

DayBreak - Festival of Innovation is returning to light up Tauranga City on February 25 with a full line-up of speakers and sessions. Hosted by Western... Read More

Guilty or not guilty?

Former National Party leader and Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller is preparing to face a very different kind of judgment - not from voters or Parliament, but from... Read More

Scarecrow competitions sprout in Katikati

Forget Egypt, Katikati is the place to be next month if you want to enjoy some creative outdoors fun constructing scarecrows - with two separate competitions... Read More

Katikati woman remembered

A courageous, determined, talented woman who smashed her goals, gave back to community and always cared for those around her is how Liz Ward will be remembered. The... Read More

Lessons from Europe for a world on edge

How should people of faith respond in a time of political turmoil, war and cultural fragmentation? This issue will be at the heart of a public lecture by... Read More

A hidden world revealed

Award-winning Pāpāmoa photographer Paula Vigus has spent hundreds of hours crouched on forest floors, wandering through bush blocks and remote landscapes,... Read More

Tauranga student earns Gallipoli scholarship

A Tauranga Girls' College student has been awarded a rare international scholarship that will take her to Turkey to commemorate Anzac history and explore her... Read More