Proudly and defiantly, unhealthy fast food – everything fat, nothing green, nothing vegetarian, nothing vegan. That was the business model that... Read More

  The Weekend Sun will not be printed for the next four weeks.   Management advises that an extensive, free news service will continue to... Read More

  New Zealand is in lockdown but Bay of Plenty people can still connect through Sun Media’s news website: www.sunlive.co.nz and can now find... Read More

  People are being urged to build support networks in their community to ensure the needs of vulnerable people are being met.   Age Concern... Read More

  It’s time to start reading our way out of a crisis.   Books a Plenty shut its doors on Wednesday but already had a number of loyal... Read More

It’s taken a global and viral ‘nasty’ to silence the man who won’t be silenced. Brian Cotter, the 90-year-old tonsils on the... Read More

  ANZAC Day across New Zealand will be different this year due the widespread of cancellations of ANZAC Day remembrance services.   The... Read More

  When the skies over Bay of Plenty are blue and people are happy, the tourist industry is cock-a hoop.   All is well. “But when... Read More

  There’s a big 2/6d glistening in the pile, a two shillings and sixpence, a half crown.   That was enough to buy a pack of 20 Matinee... Read More

  It’s been jumped on, beat up and hen pecked but now the Dance-O-Mat on The Strand has to step aside.   The purpose-built dance platform,... Read More

  There has never been anything quite like the worldwide shutdown over the COVID-19 virus.   The economic impact is already hitting home... Read More

  A former Filipino nurse is right at home in her new role with Maori health.   Maribeth Perez comes from the Philippines, trained as a... Read More

  On Wednesday, March 18, Demi Coombe turned nine years old and on the Tuesday beforehand she was gearing up to complete her 23rd walk up Mauao.... Read More

  After a busy week as a truck driver you would expect Maketu resident Eric Ashe to just put his feet up.   Nothing could be further from... Read More

  “One gutsy lady – on and off the tennis court.”   A close friend’s frank assessment of 90-year-old Laurel Mahaffey,... Read More