City Life

Reaching out for you and your children

As a dad of two and having gone through the family court system before - Jim Smith knows how tough it can be - and he's here to help other Tauranga fathers in... Read More

The lassie and the lad

After meeting for the second time in 1962, they were engaged just seven days later. What started out as a whirlwind romance for Vivienne and Barrie Shaw, has now... Read More

Lions, bowls and charity

A love for community and the lure of competition are bringing the 12 Bay of Plenty Lions clubs out in force for the second annual Lawn Bowls Tournament on Sunday,... Read More

A short film fest for the two-wheeled devotee

A nationwide film festival celebrating cycling in all its glorious shapes and forms is returning to Tauranga this Monday, February 20, as part of its ninth annual... Read More

Cover Greerton, and give back!

It's only five months until Greerton's trees will be dressed up again and the village transformed into a woollen wonderland from July-August in the annual Yarn... Read More

Here to help – clothing items $1 each!

Greerton's St Vincent de Paul is the place to be this month, with the store having a huge clearout, and each clothing item only $1 each for all of February. ... Read More

New Coastguard champions needed

It's late afternoon, the water is still and everything seems calm until suddenly the radio comms jump into life - someone in the harbour needs your help, and fast! Tauranga... Read More

Old cop travels the Comète Line

He was a bigamist, a bootlegger, a jailbird who did 14 months in Alcatraz, and a soldier of fortune. The chameleon Captain Donald Kenyon Willis - a likeable rogue... Read More

Sally bids farewell

Sally Benning is stepping down as Mainstreet Manager for Greerton Village after an impressive stint in the role. 'I've had an amazing seven-and-a-half years working... Read More

Find friendships and purpose at Rotary

Old people meeting up for hours on end is a perception of Rotary clubs that Kathy Webb is kicking to the curb. The Rotary Club of Tauranga Sunrise has swift meetings... Read More

Rugby league gods are looking down

Eyes will be on them. Famous eyes, influential eyes. Eyes that could change lives and take them places they have only dreamed of. They are the eyes of New Zealand... Read More

Stitching together an A&P show

She is the quintessential home industrialist - the lifeblood of any A&P show. At the moment Anne Baldock is completing a crochet entry for the Te Puke show one... Read More