Entertainment

‘Twas a night before Christmas

Bethlehem Baptist's annual 'A Night Before Christmas' event is coming up! This year's event - which is only seven weeks away - will be held at the Bethlehem College... Read More

A coastal challenge for Omokoroa

Five-year-old Keaton Rose and brothers Mitch, 6, and Baxter, 8, will be run, run, running around Omokoroa next weekend to drum up funds for their community's plan... Read More

For a smile and a life saved

It's an image seared into her memory. A wee boy, probably a new entrant, about five years old, his legs trussed in heavy metal callipers, struggling over a school... Read More

Moody cupcakes to start a chat

Baking is typically bright and colourful and inspires conversations over technique, texture and taste. But what if baking was moody and started conversations about... Read More

The city is a canvas

The seed was sewn when she was just four. With a stick of chalk. 'I was drawing on the ground outside Baycourt with all these people. I can't remember what we were... Read More

Performers and elves wanted!

When do you start thinking about Christmas? After Labour Weekend? After Guy Fawkes? Christmas Eve? Jennifer Murray has not only been thinking about Christmas since... Read More

Enough wheels to make a man cry

'We don't need this on show day,” says Straw Lye. He's talking about the unrelenting rain of the last few weeks. The organiser of tomorrow's Wheels on Mainstreet... Read More

A big season for Baypark

Buckle in Sunners, because Baypark Family Speedway has a great season ahead for you. Baypark event promoter Bernie Gillon says the season kicks off this Labour... Read More

Plans to secure Alf’s images

Collectively they are an important historical document. Images from a brief 10-year window in time, images of where we're from and how we lived. Images from when... Read More

Cosplay Royalty

Tauranga's Rozanne and Paul de Wild are at the top of their game in their chosen hobby of cosplay. They won best technical as Hawkeye and Black Widow at their first... Read More

Troggs venture out of the cave

It was an interview with a rock star that was almost derailed by a pint of Alfred's, a pub quiz and a protective publicist. The Weekend Sun was about to call Troggs'... Read More

Good ol' country day out

The good old country tradition of having an agricultural day isn't dead in the Bay - this weekend Pyes Pa and Tauriko schools keep the tradition alive and well... Read More