They sweated, strained, huffed and puffed for 585 minutes of gut-busting exercise.   And when they finished, they had raised $23,000... Read More

  Water quality will be a hot topic at this week’s Catchment Group Workshop in Tauranga.   The event which is a collaboration between... Read More

    A passionate pair are coming on board as new leaders of the Tauranga Disability Advisory Group. They say despite the changeover in leadership,... Read More

  Papamoa Surf Club’s lifeguard training is going to undergo a shake-up this season with three new coaches joining the crew.   Chas... Read More

  He was born on Black Tuesday.   “October 21, 1929. People started jumping out of windows that day.” Not because the world... Read More

  Mitch Kale may have lost the New Zealand Men’s Amateur golf title but his blistering start to the 36-hole final will live long after the... Read More

There’s one bloke who enjoys jigsaws. He would; he’s on home detention and he has plenty of time on his hands. Electronic monitoring means... Read More

  It only takes 30 seconds to establish a connection with a stranger.   That’s the key message of an award-winning Katikati community... Read More

  Tauranga is the country’s fifth biggest city, the third fastest growing regional economy.   And, more importantly, at least for... Read More

  There’s a chunk of plastic from a child’s bucket and spade, plastic fireworks components, plastic wrappers, plastic ties and a bit... Read More

  A dog owner’s morning turned upside down on Wednesday after her beloved pup went into major surgery from swallowing an old fishing hook... Read More

  He’s stylist or groomer to the students, the young men of Tauranga Boys' College. If the TBC 1st XV is looking especially slick before... Read More

  The Chase’s Shaun Wallace is making a pit stop in Tauranga later this month during his ‘jam-packed’ trip to New Zealand.   It's... Read More

  A new addition to Papamoa’s cycle lane has caused some jaw dropping amongst motorists this week.   Papamoa College student Elliott... Read More

  They are the new Kiwis drawn from the largest ethno-linguistic group of people in Europe. They are the Slavs.   East Slavs from Belarus,... Read More