Entertainment

Student artists exhibiting

Students from Tauranga Girls' College will be publicly exhibiting their artwork next Thursday as part of the Tauranga Girls' College Arts Festival. For some of... Read More

Band celebrates 125 years

The Katikati Concert Band is celebrating 125 years with a concert at the Katikati Hall this weekend. The band was originally formed in 1892 as a fife and drum band... Read More

A fanfare for Annabelle

'They gave me a thousand dollars,” says Mount Maunganui College student, Annabelle Stewart, who now has a flash new Bach Stradivarius professional trumpet... Read More

Chatting on the couch

It's an idea bourne out of comfort, from relaxing and not really thinking about much at all. Garden and Arts Festival organiser Marc Anderson says the idea came... Read More

NZ Teachers' Games in town

We've got the AIMS games - now Tauranga will also play host to the inaugural New Zealand Teachers' Games in October. The teachers' games are an opportunity for... Read More

Experience Indonesia

If you've ever wanted to experience the wonders of Indonesia, now is the time to get a taste with Multicultural Tauranga's first 'Living in Harmony' event for 2017... Read More

Film Festival comes to town

Tauranga will host the New Zealand International Film Festival at Rialto Cinemas from August 24 to September 17. More than 40 films are on offer, including foreign... Read More

The Circus comes to Baycourt

The movie is Charlie Chaplin's 'The Circus' - directed and produced by Chaplin, written by Chaplin and starring Chaplin 'The Little Tramp' himself. It's about the... Read More

Musical Katikati son on the rise

Formerly of Katikati, Auckland-based beat maker Montell2099 is making waves in the music world. Real name Montell Pinny, the electronic musician has been building... Read More

From Papamoa to the world

He had half an idea of being a butcher, perhaps a taxidermist. Even an engraver, etching intricate scrollwork on firearms. It would have been a natural progression... Read More

The spirit of Freddie Mercury

There's the signature 'tache', clinging white pants, glistening torso and little else. And he's belting out 'We Will Rock you', as he does 150 times a year from... Read More

Clarion call for a new trumpet

'I cannot explain in words how much it means to me.” A passionate, gifted 16-year-old expressing her connection with music, with her trumpet. 'I love that... Read More