Local News
02:17pm Fri 05 Apr, 2024
Confident, joyful and horse loving kids took to the arena for Tauranga Riding for the Disabled's 50th Anniversary showcase on Wednesday, April 3. Greenpark School... Read More
02:09pm Fri 05 Apr, 2024
Opera fans are in for a musical treat this Saturday, as talented young singers and an international baritone perform a concert hosted by Tauranga Opera Forum Trust. 'An... Read More
02:03pm Fri 05 Apr, 2024
Almost seven decades after being gifted his first remote control aeroplane, Roger Peddle still loves the hobby. In fact, as a flying instructor for Tauranga... Read More
01:50pm Fri 05 Apr, 2024
A Western Bay of Plenty woman fighting for her life against multiple health conditions has found her only treatment option is to undergo urgent life-saving and expensive... Read More
09:00am Fri 05 Apr, 2024
A Western Bay of Plenty councillor is being remembered as 'extremely caring, devoted to his community”. Maketū-Te Puke councillor Richard Crawford passed... Read More
08:49am Fri 05 Apr, 2024
The Mount Art Group's annual exhibition is coming up - and this one is not to be missed! Not only is the group showing more than 200 artworks - including acrylic,... Read More
08:44am Fri 05 Apr, 2024
The Wright Family Foundation 46th National Youth Jazz Competition went off with foot-tapping beats and funky tunes last week, honing the skills of the next jazz... Read More
08:26am Fri 05 Apr, 2024
Organisations are relieved the council has backed down on proposed 'nightmare” fees at Tauranga's Historic Village. The village is home to dozens of community... Read More
08:00am Fri 05 Apr, 2024
A social badminton club that dates back 40 years has found a new home at Greerton Hall. The Social Badminton Club Tauranga was started in 1987 by a group of mums... Read More
08:00am Fri 05 Apr, 2024
Overhead there are four lanes of State Highway 2 traffic thundering by at 50 km/hr. But just below, in a quite a different world, in the dimness of a pedestrian... Read More
08:00am Fri 05 Apr, 2024
He's a Filipino, with a Spanish name, who speaks English with an American accent that lives in Pāpāmoa and owns an Italian restaurant. Phew! And despite living... Read More
07:55am Fri 05 Apr, 2024
For the first time ever in the Bay of Plenty, there will be an open caption movie screening specifically for our hard of hearing and deaf community. Hearing Support... Read More












