For many, lockdown provided a prime opportunity to finally do the things 'I'd do if I had more time' - from learning an instrument to finding a sudden interest... Read More

When you think about Omokoroa and the surrounding area you think Bay of Plenty, the beaches and all it has to offer - not Coromandel. But this election... Read More

Gone are the days when an honest man and his neutered missile can peacefully co-exist. In fact Dave Cross' anti-aircraft missile has only just landed back... Read More

The Western Bay Wildlife Trust say it's time to give cats a curfew. They may hiss and moan about it like a socialite teenager with the same fate, but keeping... Read More

Sulphur Point's Marine Park will remain a reserve, following a decision by Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage, released last week. A proposal to revoke... Read More

More than 170ha of Matakana Island will be returned to iwi if public submissions rule in favour. If successful, the eastern end of Matakana Island, Panepane... Read More

The daily grind of work, eat, sleep, repeat gets mundane but for two Tauranga people it is all they wanted. Julie Thomson and Mitchell Brown have learning... Read More

A Tauranga doctor has described general practice waiting rooms as 'breeding grounds” for viruses pre-COVID. But coronavirus has changed the way doctors'... Read More

A Tauranga home goods store has stopped selling the Confederate flag after receiving complaints about what it represents. The flag was removed from AJ's... Read More

The notion of consumers buying local is alive and well but businesses are doing their bit to keep the local cogs turning as well. By using local suppliers... Read More

More Mount Maunganui households are wanting to join Western Bay of Plenty Neighbourhood Support after the isolation of lockdown. Neighbourhood Support delivered... Read More

The Bay of Plenty Interpreting Service, BOPIS, is celebrating eight years of service in the Bay. 'When we started, we had seven interpreters and now we... Read More