Puran Singh hasn’t had a haircut for 48 years – in fact he’s never had a haircut.   “Never, never, never in my... Read More

  Popular culture paints angels as female, the Bible as blokes.   Either or, Nina Le Lievre, the new archangel or CEO of Enterprise Angels,... Read More

  Two Tauranga MPs are trading shots over the building of a new secondary school at Omokoroa.   Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller started the... Read More

  “Crazy!” says Peter Kageyama gazing over Tauranga’s waterfront carpark. “Crazy, just crazy.” Perhaps the most... Read More

  A network of 700 automated kill traps is standing guard over a unique population of native frogs near Te Puke, part of a joint effort to make... Read More

  One of New Zealand’s highest hopes to follow Lydia Ko into the women’s professional golfing ranks is progressing well in the USA.   Tauranga’s... Read More

  At a time when New Zealand heroes exclusively wore rugby boots, Tauranga’s Peter Otway was in awe of men of snow and ice, men of the Antarctic... Read More

They’re a feisty bunch, this group of schoolgirl buddies, all but one are glowing golden girls. Wanganui Girls College obviously instilled attitude. When... Read More

  Donna Dinsdale of Tauranga has won the overall Award of Excellence at the MLT Hokonui Fashion Design Awards.   She is a fashion design... Read More

  Why does the name Pat Lam equate with excellence – Pat Lam dynamic number eight, All Black, Manu Samoa captain, Barbarian and Super Rugby... Read More

  Te Puna residents are breathing a sigh of relief now that plans for a cell phone tower on a quiet residential street have been scrapped.   The... Read More

  It’s a construction site but looks like J.R.Ewing’s backyard in ‘Dallas’, TV’s saga of the amoral oil baron.   The... Read More

  Tauranga CBD will look quite different in five years with hundreds of millions of dollars being poured into new buildings.   Priority... Read More

  EmployNZ is taking over a series of free courses from the Salvation Army within the Bay of Plenty.   Salvation Army recently decided... Read More

  Waipuna Hospice launched into its 30th anniversary celebrations last Friday, with key figures coming together to reflect on driving forces behind... Read More