City Life

Defaulters in from the cold

Four-hundred disenfranchised Tauranga children and teenagers have had the slate wiped clean, their shame erased, their reading rights restored. The four hundred... Read More

Kiwi women behind the badges

In 1992 a 31-year-old Angela Grace was issued a uniform, pair of handcuffs and a wooden baton as she started her career in the New Zealand Police Force. And she... Read More

Rocky lords it over Wilson Rd

He's a surfie who paints. Or an artist who surfs. Either way, he's colouring up the townscape of Waihi Beach - transforming a public dunny into a conversation piece... Read More

A new ‘spy’ for the car-munity

'It's the average man against big oil. Like any good story, you've got a good guy and a bad guy.” Larry Green, one of the brains behind the new Gaspy app,... Read More

Fairytales with purpose

Not all fairytale romances end in 'happily ever after” - that's the message behind a new high-quality coffee table publication, designed to raise awareness... Read More

Food show fires up

The Seriously Good Food Show this weekend, July 2-3, at ASB Baypark promises to be the tastiest weekend in the Bay of Plenty. With more than 120 exhibitors sharing... Read More

The knife boy of Otumoetai

'Clang, clang! The massive anvil rings. Clang, clang! 100 hammers swing.” Well just one hammer, 13-year-old Tom Hoffart's hammer. But it's still making a racket,... Read More

Star pupil arrives at Merivale

'He's from their world,” says Merivale Primary School principal Jan Tinetti. 'So he will fit in just beautifully.” 'He' is a shorty, just 200 millimetres... Read More

Before you do something silly…

Genteel by reputation but it's getting meaner, more menacing out there on the streets of Tauranga. Ask the parking officers. They see it and experience it most... Read More

Gallery delves into digital art

A new online magazine aims to bring the art world to Tauranga - and to take the city out into the world of art. Tauranga Art Gallery is calling for artists, photographers... Read More

When ‘No’ actually means ‘No’

Real estate agents in Otumoetai, Bellevue and Matua - listen up! Ross Stewart has a beef with you. And he knows he's not alone. 'Why do you think you have a God-given... Read More

Voyaging the old-school way

Tauranga residents have the opportunity to learn more about the voyaging waka when Frank Kawa talks of his experiences and the role of the canoe in the modern day... Read More