City Life

How the water flows

When you turn on your tap at any time day or night, you may take it for granted that water will always come out. When it doesn't, people start to panic,... Read More

Funding the future

The Te Puke Centre Charitable Trust is now pressing ahead with the second stage of its grand vision and is aiming to raise a minimum of $100,000 in just one... Read More

Library’s empty – fill ‘er up

The Rotary Club of Tauranga book fair has been a blessing for worthwhile Tauranga groups and projects for about 33 years. In that time the Rotary Club has... Read More

Time up for Don and sons

The Stewart men will close the doors to their business in late March. And for the first time in 60-odd years no one will be back the next day to reopen... Read More

Music is a safe place

Dad's in a gang and Mum was a sex worker but Connor Boyd has quite a different plan for his life. At 26-years-old Connor Boyd or 'Kayz 1' has been through... Read More

Great steel behemoth at top of town

In just 15 months it has gone from a concept to a big hole in the ground, and now a steel skeleton is rising risen well above the fence line. The new Farmers... Read More

Step right up

It's a deliciously uncluttered sport - no national body, no constitution, no can't do this nor that. No winning nor losing so no bitter rivalries. All... Read More

Sickness beneficiary lands top job

He was in a Waikato Hospital being dialysed for kidney failure when he applied for the job, a top sports job in Tauranga. There had also been other issues... Read More

Improv comedy show

If you're a fan of 'Whose Line is it Anyway?' you'll love the Honest Liars Improv Comedy Show at the Jam Factory on Sunday, February 9. Their first show... Read More

Waitangi Day celebration

Waitangi Day 2020 will take on special significance this year, with a day of ceremony and celebration at The Historic Village. Organised in part by Ngati... Read More

Melbourne Cup provides for local charities

Local charities didn't quite get the $8 million in prize money from winning the 2019 Melbourne Cup as Vow and Declare did on November 5, 2019, but they did... Read More

Heat puts a city on edge

There's no respite in store. WeatherWatch is forecasting temperatures of 30, 29, 29, 28 and 28 for Tauranga over the next five days. So, no immediate relief... Read More