Local News

DBT training workshops in Tauranga

Grief Support Services is now offering mini professional workshops in Tauranga. The first series will be on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, which are ideal... Read More

Singing for a school in the Solomons

A concert by Tauranga's Inachord Singers will not only raise money for a school in the Solomon Islands, it will also showcase a new variety of songs they've... Read More

Experience the Brazilian vibe

A vibrant celebration of everything Brazil is happening in Pāpāmoa this month to bring the unique culture to the community. Event organiser Daiana Price... Read More

A wellness conference for amputees

The Waikato-Bay of Plenty branch of New Zealand's Amputee Society is hosting a one-of-a-kind wellness conference in Tauranga on September 14 - and everyone is... Read More

America’s Cup inspires next generation

'New Zealand's gonna win!” and 'Yeah, New Zealand's better” rang out from a crowd of Tauranga Intermediate School students this week as they got... Read More

Tauranga Special School makes Aims Games debut

Laura Hollands looks directly down the carpeted pitch and bowls her bowl. All is quiet until her bowl slows and stops within centimetres of the white jack. Her... Read More

Kīngi Tūheitia’s prophetic final message

'True Colours' is a Split Enz classic - an anthem of sorts, heralding in the age of Aquarius for us ageing hippies of the late-1970s and early-1980s who can... Read More

Witness a fanfare of young BOP musicians

The Bay of Plenty's most talented young orchestral musicians will perform in a free concert in Tauranga this month. 'A Fanfare of Fantasies' by Youth Philharmonic... Read More

Volunteers needed to plant Kōpūrererua Valley

The Kōpūrererua Valley Rotary Centennial Trust needs 200 volunteers to plant 4500 native trees and shrubs on September 29. This milestone event - part of... Read More

Challenging anthology confronting but heartwarming

Some evocative Springsteen lyrics started it. Geordie indie rocker Sam Fender unwittingly kicked it along. And between them, they fired the creativity of... Read More

Cancer can enter life when least expected…

Ella Scown was preparing to move to Canada when she found a lump in her breast. Not confident about the prices of healthcare overseas, the 29-year-old lawyer... Read More

Carter representing NZ in Jordan

The only Western Bay of Plenty basketballer to have made the New Zealand Under-18 Junior Tall Blacks squad may be rallying for fundraising support but that's... Read More