In the late 1990s, breakdancing saved Tauranga's Rush Wepiha from a life of crime. Now, 20 years later, he's bringing his craft home to try and help other young... Read More

Tauranga has recently been described in the annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey as the most unaffordable city in New Zealand to buy a... Read More

The land and buildings housing a 'fashionable” mix of retail and commercial tenancies, along with a variety of marketing orientated businesses, have been... Read More

New Zealand researchers are calling for more drinking water fountains in public playgrounds and parks, to provide healthy options in contrast to sugary drinks and... Read More

It's steadily filling a gap left by the closure of the Cargo Shed Arts and Crafts Market. It's the new ZEE Market in the Community Hall at 169 Elizabeth Street,... Read More

One person every 90 minutes will die from heart disease in New Zealand - that's more than 6000 Kiwis each year. This alarming statistic is one that the Heart Foundation... Read More

If she'd been wearing a seatbelt, she probably wouldn't be blind today. 'Them's the breaks,” says Yvonne De Winter. It was 1975, and the seatbelt laws had... Read More

He was savaged within an inch of his life by the big black dog - severe depression, substance abuse, anxiety and flashbacks as well as post-traumatic stress disorder. It... Read More

When I started wheeling a piano down to Pilot Bay, I didn't know I would meet hundreds of people, each with their own story. Like a magnet it draws individuals... Read More

I missed Sunday lunch at my sisters, telling her I couldn't come as I'd joined a motorcycle club and we had a meeting. My teenager inner self was tempted to try... Read More

Open heart surgery hasn't slowed Yvonne Flett down - in fact, it's given her the kick-start she needed to continue following her passion for helping people. The... Read More

An end could be in sight for the TECT cheque for local Trustpower customers, and opinion in the community is divided over the issue. TECT trustees recently put... Read More