City Life
08:00am Fri 16 Oct, 2015
It's a sport involving glitter, skimpy outfits and a pole. We're talking pole dancing, a form of performance art combining dance and acrobatics centred on a vertical... Read More
04:21pm Fri 09 Oct, 2015
A special guest arrives at The Weekend Sun office. Char is young and shy, timidly approaching me and the photographer as we're introduced to one another. It's clear... Read More
04:00pm Fri 09 Oct, 2015
They're coming over the Kaimais en masse to put right a few misconceptions about car enthusiasts. They call themselves car enthusiasts; their detractors call them... Read More
08:00am Fri 09 Oct, 2015
Rona Mason was told that if things went wrong for her, the 'newspapers would have a field day”. 'Little old lady evicted from retirement village home”... Read More
07:00am Fri 09 Oct, 2015
It's straight out of the 'The English Patient' and 'Biggles', the fictional flying hero - Tigers Moths, flying jackets, goggles and leather helmets. Very romantic... Read More
11:31am Wed 07 Oct, 2015
A wax eye attacked by a gang of homeless and hungry cats, or a seagull stuck in littered polystyrene on Tauranga Harbour aren't your typical topics for a children's... Read More
04:57pm Mon 05 Oct, 2015
Richelle Le Roy was combing her hair and it was falling out in clumps. 'I stood there and I just burst into tears,” says the Papamoa mother-of-three. 'I remember... Read More
08:19am Mon 05 Oct, 2015
It started with a story of good fortune out of near tragedy. Then it morphed into a beckoning call to nine former Kiwi Vietnam War vets. Are they still around?... Read More
10:40am Fri 02 Oct, 2015
Retro, adjective, an imitative of a style or fashion from the recent past. But we don't need Merriam-Webster to set the evocative juices flowing in Tauranga. Because... Read More
08:00am Fri 02 Oct, 2015
This story begins with the tale of two ladies - one with hairy legs and another who turns 106 this week. We're talking about Tauranga's Mae Hawkes and her favourite... Read More
08:00am Thu 01 Oct, 2015
The Athenree Homestead Trust scooped the Supreme Award at the 2015 Trustpower Western Bay of Plenty Community Awards last night. The Awards were announced and presented... Read More
09:43am Mon 28 Sep, 2015
'Mums supporting mums' is how fundraising team member Aeilidh Mikkelsen describes the work of non-profit organisation Bellyful. The Tauranga branch of the nationwide... Read More