It only takes 30 seconds to establish a connection with a stranger.   That’s the key message of an award-winning Katikati community... Read More

  Tauranga is the country’s fifth biggest city, the third fastest growing regional economy.   And, more importantly, at least for... Read More

  There’s a chunk of plastic from a child’s bucket and spade, plastic fireworks components, plastic wrappers, plastic ties and a bit... Read More

  A dog owner’s morning turned upside down on Wednesday after her beloved pup went into major surgery from swallowing an old fishing hook... Read More

  He’s stylist or groomer to the students, the young men of Tauranga Boys' College. If the TBC 1st XV is looking especially slick before... Read More

  The Chase’s Shaun Wallace is making a pit stop in Tauranga later this month during his ‘jam-packed’ trip to New Zealand.   It's... Read More

  A new addition to Papamoa’s cycle lane has caused some jaw dropping amongst motorists this week.   Papamoa College student Elliott... Read More

  They are the new Kiwis drawn from the largest ethno-linguistic group of people in Europe. They are the Slavs.   East Slavs from Belarus,... Read More

  A 17-year-old Papamoa college student has been recognised for her work tackling period poverty.   Shuari Naidoo, of Moraka Menstrual... Read More

  There’s a heap of crap in Wayne Jacobi’s front yard.   “Oh yeah! 23 years of crap. I am a bloody hoarder. There’s... Read More

  As the dust finally settles after a tumultuous Rugby World Cup the analysis of the failed All Blacks campaign is well underway.   It amazes... Read More

  Perhaps the best-known voice in Katikati has fallen silent. Along with his trademark bell.   Since 2000, the goateed John Groves, in his... Read More

Hundreds of "stressed, under-resourced" social service organisations are working hard to make grassroots change within the Tauranga community.... Read More

Passionate park users who turned up to the Tauranga City Council’s Kulim Park upgrade consultation may have been a little confused. While the... Read More

  “Mother Nature is my girl, and these are my babies.”   Dean Morman, a 50-something-old horticulture landscape designer musing... Read More