City Life

Our boys on The Block

The boys from 'The Block' will stay in the Bay! That's right, the charming and comedic Dyls and Dylz will return to the Bay for good once their time on 'The Block... Read More

Friendly, considerate and loyal

Mark Grosvenor slipped on his black-and-white troop scarf in Greerton this morning, fastened it with a leather woggle and headed off to the office. It was a salute... Read More

Heartbreaks and fond memories

Tauranga's Linda Scott has endured seven bouts of heartbreak and keeps going back for more. 'There's a lot of crying,” she says. But why? There is an autistic... Read More

A postie and a dog

Kyza naps by the fence, waiting for his best friend to arrive. Ironically, his best friend is stereotypically other dogs' worst enemy. The postie. This really rather... Read More

House of God to house of meth

When the Police came banging on the door it looked bad, and it was bad. Certainly not 'the positive experience” the Pond family from Mapua on the western... Read More

Papamoa Plaza growing

In the 'first of many releases to come”, Papamoa Plaza centre manager David Hill has announced to the Papamoa Community a list of new retailers that will... Read More

Volunteers needed for appeal week

Two hours is all it takes to make a difference in the lives of those with disabilities, says Wendy Isaacs of the Assistance Dogs New Zealand Trust. Volunteers are... Read More

When testosterone kicks in

Some of them are old enough to go to war, to fight for their country. Some are old enough to vote or go to the pub. But still no whiskers. 'Our rule is clean-shaven,”... Read More

Reach for the skies – manageably

Could we go up? 'Yes, I think Tauranga could go up, yeah!” High rise or high-er rise downtown Tauranga. That sort of talk is bound to unsettle the pigeons... Read More

Potatoes, gravy and ‘gross’ nudity

You have to be 18 years old to beat the censorship block on YouTube. But Te Puke's Wendy Dukes claims she and her family got Kanye West and 11 others bollocky,... Read More

Discovering Okinawa’s longevity

It's exactly 8716km from Tauranga to Okinawa - Japan. And the ticket cost me $1700.It wasn't the intention, but I came back with a cookbook. A fascinating one,... Read More

'Just Three Girls’ premieres

When Bay of Plenty Film president Anton Steel picks up the phone, he and coordinator Tessa Blackett are in the midst of editing a sword fight shot at Ignition on... Read More