More than 100 rough sleepers are turning up regularly for a free Monday night meal in the Tauranga CBD. Street Kai gets together every Monday for 'Milo... Read More

Mount Maunganui College senior students are getting ready to brave the cold ocean waters this Wednesday at the school's annual Polar Plunge. The event... Read More

The Project, Services and Operations Committee voted unanimously to support an additional $1m for the Kulim Park redevelopment on June 18. The funding would come... Read More

Claude was dying from esophageal cancer. That's not his real name but out of respect and privacy, he will be Claude. Claude was also torn. His oncologist... Read More

Little bells, children's bells, gently tinkling in the breeze. And their ringing is a reminder about the giving of the greatest gift. Life itself. 'To the... Read More

An Australian social enterprise that rescues hair and beauty salon waste is now combing its way through Tauranga salons. Rodney Wayne Bethlehem is one of six... Read More

He's got a way to go, although he has the movie star good looks, perfect teeth and a smile that would melt the hardest, coldest, steely heart. 'Told you,”... Read More

In Adelaide it's called 'rubbish shame”. A local council's proposing rolling-out see-through wheelie bins to embarrass residents into better practises.... Read More

Carol Bisset's art installation at The Kollective speaks of childhood memories and the connectedness that comes through a sense of belonging. 'The use of... Read More

Alana Ibbetson's engaged in the fight of her life - a battle against one of the most addictive of toxins, nicotine. 'May 2, about two months ago,”... Read More

A family in Te Puna is pleading with Spark to stop plans for a large cellphone tower outside their house because their daughter is recovering from cancer treatment. ... Read More

Tupu Daniel has tried and failed before. Eight times he has tried to break free of the insidious grip of nicotine. Each time the fags have won. Every smoker,... Read More