Local News

Help keep our community warm!

Residents in nearly 100 Bay of Plenty homes were kept toasty and warm last year thanks to Sustainability Options, which provides free sustainable living advice in... Read More

Helping migrants get settled

Finding your way around a new city or town can be tough, especially as a migrant. Thankfully in Tauranga, Multicultural Tauranga is here to help. They offer... Read More

Remember the Battle of Crete

The New Zealand Battle of Crete Association will host their annual commemorative service to honour the 83rd anniversary of the May 1941 battle. NZBCA invites... Read More

Stories from 56 years of fostering

'The hardest part is when you see them return to the parent or move somewhere else because you become attached to them like your own children,” says Verna... Read More

Harry sets course for India

Tauranga 12-year-old Harry Strang is setting sail for international waters, having earned a coveted spot on the NZ sailing team destined for the 2024 Optimist Asian... Read More

Band And Deliver returns

A hugely successful series of gigs promoting free youth live music gigs last year is returning this month to open the door for more young musicians to pursue their... Read More

Polynesian Panthers enlighten Tauranga students

'We need to know the truth about New Zealand history.” These are the words of Tauranga Girls' College Year 10 student Aaria Tuhakaraina after she and fellow... Read More

Council nominations off to a slow start

Only seven people have put their nominations in so far to stand in the Tauranga City Council elections. With a week to go until nominations close for the July... Read More

Truck show to fuel gynaecological cancer research

Stellar trucks, cars and bikes in all shapes and sizes will be on show this June in an effort to raise funds for a cancer that isn't often in the spotlight. Josh... Read More

‘We are actually about life, not just death’

This Hospice Awareness Week, Waipuna Hospice, in alignment with Hospice NZ, is highlighting the critical need for increased awareness of hospice care. Despite... Read More

Rare flower blooms in Tauranga vege garden

In the verdant gardens of Tauranga, a dedicated resident with a green thumb has unearthed an astounding botanical treasure - a rare flowering of a red kūmara. For... Read More

Be in for the royal count

New Zealand's esteemed ornithological society BirdsNZ is gearing up for an avian adventure like no other. Kiwis across Aotearoa are being summoned to join the... Read More