A Te Puke community hub wants to help Bay of Plenty women live in freedom, overcome trauma and discover their self-worth.   EmpowermentNZ... Read More

  The united Seafarer’s Mission has had such a spruce up in recent times, people are walking out thinking they are in the wrong place.   Mission... Read More

  It has been a notable start to the hockey season for Tauranga Boys’ College with the main national tournaments still to come.   For... Read More

  It was the unmistakable silhouette of a wallaby that excited.   A Facebook post of an about-to-be-deceased wallaby as it leapt across... Read More

  He’s the chocolate smooth tonsils on the Breeze easy listening breakfast show – the nice guy, the Mark of Mark and Jolene.   But... Read More

  She’s met the Queen, flown with NASA, spoken at more than 50 events in New Zealand and overseas and founded New Zealand’s largest... Read More

  It’s called ‘This Old Stick’ – and when you have thumbed the final page of Dr Andrew Corin’s first sortie into... Read More

  Street Kai gets together every Monday for ‘Milo Night’ at the Willow St bus stop, providing Tauranga’s vulnerable community... Read More

  It’s an untitled, home-grown movie – at this moment a no budget movie, with a cast of stars in their own right and supported by an... Read More

  The traditional Cumberland sausages, Lancashire black pudding and pork pies have disappeared from Tauranga’s main street… just as... Read More

  Ruth Hare’s hands are riddled with arthritis, but that doesn’t stop her from doing what she loves most, knitting blankets for people... Read More

  There’s a red warning sticker on the front of Trevor Bentley’s latest book. Prepare to be offended.    Trevor Bentley,... Read More

  They were the guys that recycled plastic and turned it into blacktop – resurfaced 90 metres of a New Plymouth street with the stuff. Plas... Read More

  He was a one test All Black, played 77 games for the Steamers, dabbled with the Crusaders, Highlanders  and Chiefs and also plied his trade... Read More

  Ashleigh Fenn would kill for a Subway – a six inch meatball marinara or a sweet onion chicken teriyaki.   “I wouldn’t... Read More