Walking down the beach boardwalk, looking like a swimsuit model with her long brown hair flowing in the wind and surfboard tucked under her arm, Maaia Reid-Bennett... Read More

He is John Pheasant. He fixes and flies aeroplanes, his own Tiger Moth biplane. This Pheasant is a flyer by name and by deed. 'I am the only pheasant that needs... Read More

Helen Graham is a gentle, polite, and softly-spoken woman, not at all like her great-grandfather Reverend Canon Charles Jordan. The first vicar of Tauranga's Holy... Read More

Mr Zambia is living right here in Tauranga. So is Mr North-East Britain, Mr Sheffield, Mr Cleethorpes and an also-ran in the Mr Midlands bodybuilding competition.... Read More

It has provided entertainment, formed memories - and sometimes caused a kerfuffle with children not wanting to leave - at the back of a Mount Maunganui video store... Read More

It was the day the dog, the puppy, came home. Summer, the Cocker Spaniel, was weak, lame and hungry after a week in the bush evading searchers. It was like scenes... Read More

There's a fat gardener, thin gardener and the main man. An unlikely triumvirate running 'TRG” - the code for Tauranga City Council's most successful commercial... Read More

Rebecca Larsen and Lynda Kazimoglu know first-hand how difficult it can be to get started in a new town. For Rebecca it was returning to Papamoa from Canada; for... Read More

By day, they're businessmen, family men, or retired men. In their spare time, they tweak, fiddle and play with their model engines. Building trains, traction engines,... Read More

Another year over, one full of great stories in The Weekend Sun about local news, sports, events, gardening, pets, food, and business. Here's a run-down of your... Read More

'Make a joyful noise unto the Lord,” says the Bible. But when that noise is more painful than joyful, when the noise is an ear-splitting worship band and... Read More

Santa might be forgiven for doing a double-take as he rode down Devonport Rd on his sleigh last Saturday. Tauranga's first ever pop-up park has just opened, and... Read More