Entertainment

One Love returns!

One Love has been a staple on Tauranga and New Zealand's summer festival calendar for many years and with a full house expected in 2023, this year is no different.... Read More

New Year’s Eve free, family fun is back!

Grab your whānau, a picnic blanket and your dancing shoes and head to one of five community New Year's Eve celebrations taking place across Tauranga on Saturday,... Read More

‘Celebrating greatness’ with virtuoso clarinet

Classical music lovers are in for a great treat when Bay of Plenty Symphonia performs its final concert of 2022 at Holy Trinity Church on November 20. Alongside... Read More

Experience culture through cinema

For the first time in 20 years since its arrival to New Zealand, the Latin American Film Festival will at last hit screens in the Bay of Plenty. The festival... Read More

Celebrations for BOP Symphonia

Bay of Plenty Symphonia's final concert of 2022 marks two significant events in the community orchestra's history: 75 years since its inaugural concert as... Read More

Huge line-up for Tauranga Home Show

The Tauranga Home Show returns for its huge 23rd annual show at Trustpower Arena Baypark this weekend, October 28-30. With more than 300 exhibitors spread over... Read More

Candyland Christmas parade in Pāpāmoa

It's time to start decorating floats, cars, trucks and scooters, get the marching bands ready, and sew Christmas costumes. Pāpāmoa is planning its largest Santa... Read More

Meant for the stage

Despite only recently falling into writing for the stage by accident, Tauranga man Les Geraghty has gone on to win a local playwriting competition. The 67-year-old... Read More

Buzzworthy: The new buzz around town

Sun Media announces the launch of Buzzworthy.co.nz - a media platform designed specifically for the podcasts and streaming for New Zealand audiences. At launch... Read More

For the ride of your life

Be swept away by the breathtaking, ponderous and extremely beautiful soundscape of Gabriel Faure's original intimate 'impressionistic work' - a work that had a long... Read More

Workhorse blues

Kokomo's new album 'Workhorse' has been rearing to get on radio waves for two years and is now finally unleashed. Bay of Plenty band, Kokomo, create a distinctive... Read More

Jazzy Jack

Jack Claridge is still 'vibing' out with his groovy jazz beats at age 97, wowing restaurant goers at this year's Jazz Festival. As a jazz master and lover, Jack... Read More