People are being urged to build support networks in their community to ensure the needs of vulnerable people are being met. Age Concern general manager... 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 customers in isolation... 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 Saturday morning show on Village... Read More

ANZAC Day across New Zealand will be different this year due the widespread of cancellations of ANZAC Day remembrance services. The cancellations come... 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 the weather changes, 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 'extra douce' fags back... 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, opposite Macau Bar,... Read More

There has never been anything quite like the worldwide shutdown over the COVID-19 virus. The economic impact is already hitting home in New Zealand from... 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 nurse and worked there... 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. This year... 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 the truth for this... Read More

'One gutsy lady - on and off the tennis court.” A close friend's frank assessment of 90-year-old Laurel Mahaffey, an institution at the Tauranga Lawn... Read More