City Life

Tauranga events nominated for awards

Tauranga is proving it's the place to have a gathering with three events held in Tauranga last year nominated for New Zealand Events Association Awards. ... Read More

Taking action at Sustainable Day out

Sustainable Day Out is an event a part of the month-long calendar of events of Sustainable Backyards. Project manager for Envirohub Liesel Carnie says... Read More

Keeping our beaches sandy

Sand is something we lie on, walk the dogs on, play cricket on - so many things come to mind when someone says sand, but how do our beaches and bays stay sandy? ... Read More

A simple, clean shot

Archery is one of the oldest arts still practised today - probably dating back to the Stone Age - around 20,000BC. Ancient Egyptians popularised it by using... Read More

Begging ban sent packing

Tauranga's controversial begging ban, which only came into force in April last year, has been revoked. Councillors voted six-four in favour of ditching... Read More

Tauranga taxi landscape changes shape

Uber ride share drivers claim there's a turf war simmering in Tauranga with conventional taxi drivers accused of 'poaching' Uber fares and 'double dipping'. And... Read More

12.6 percent rise in rates?

The Mayor of Tauranga Tenby Powell has delivered an impassioned message on 'bold leadership' while backing a substantial rates rise to cover for a 'past abject... Read More

Taking his rookie win at Baypark

It may be his rookie season in the pro class for the Valvoline D1NZ National Drifting Championship, but Tokoroa driver Taylor James is showing he can foot it... Read More

Just like ‘violent ballet’

Everyone has their own sport and describes it in their own way. Riley Houghton describes his sport of Pro-Wrestling as 'violent ballet”. Riley... Read More

Infringe at your own peril

Whether we are just lazy, forgetful, plain careless or have a disregard for the law, parking infringement notices are costing Tauranga motorists a poultice. Exactly... Read More

Gang’s PR offensive

A chapter of the Mongrel Mob is defending its decision to film members of the public at a recent meeting in Tauranga. The 'Gangs and Crime in Tauranga'... Read More

‘These people have lost their livelihood‘

The Greerton community is rallying around devastated business owners after multiple fires gutted their restaurants on Chadwick Road. Family owned restaurants... Read More