Two houses - one in Katikati and one in Papamoa - have been chosen as the winners of The Weekend Sun Christmas Lights Drive for 2017. The winners, judged by a panel... Read More

Are you considering adding four paws to your family this Christmas? Tauranga SPCA's Christmas adopt-a-thon is on Saturday, December 16 from 10.30am to 4pm at the... Read More

Surf lifesaving's Mount Monster will open a new dimension next week, with the Mini Monster set to showcase the best junior talent around. The Dexion-sponsored endurance... Read More

Christmas carols performed at dusk in Te Puna Quarry Park has become a local tradition, with the annual Carols in the Quarry event set to happen again on Friday,... Read More

In supercalifragilisticexpialidocious news, humanitarian Chloe Wright has been named Patron of the New Zealand Spelling Bee. Now in its 13th year, the New Zealand... Read More

Returning to Tauranga's Christmas in the Park this year is one of Lipika Sen and Prabhjyot Majithia's most memorable tricky box sculptures. The Tricky Box Tree... Read More

The City Transformation Committee's decision to opt for a new museum on Tauranga's Cliff Road was swayed by the history of the site itself, which has the full support... Read More

They may not be everyone's idea of a traditional Christmas tree, but the Twelve Trees of Christmas in Tauranga's CBD have been decorated with the love of more than... Read More

The Strand will be filled with choral renditions of the most popular Christmas songs on December 10, when Carols on the Waterfront returns to Tauranga's CBD. The... Read More

She's the social butterfly - the one who visits all the regulars for a scratch under the chin or a rub of the tummy. Holly the Saint Bernard is the canine leader... Read More

Ross Treblico is a farmer who runs a movie theater. Or, conversely, he's the cinema operator who is also a man of the land. Either way, it's a weird juxtaposition... Read More

Acting classes will never take off in New Zealand, his thespian friends told him. But Daniel Bechir Urrizaga took a punt that the Kiwi 'give-it-a-go' attitude... Read More