Traffic tailbacks of 7.7km on State Highway 29 has got one Tauranga motorist pretty frustrated - but instead of succumbing to road rage, he thinks he has a solution. Welcome... Read More

A tournament in Tauranga this weekend for people who use bowling arms to play lawn bowls is attracting players from around the North Island. The Bowling Arm... Read More

It's not often you get to hear an accordion soloist with an orchestra, says BOP Symphonia secretary Pauline Logger. 'However, May 6 - the day of Bay of Plenty... Read More

A never-to-be-repeated event in Tauranga - putting three Dames in the same room to be interviewed Q&A-style by a TVNZ sports reporter - is coming up on May 10... Read More

The origins of the mystery photograph published in The Weekend Sun's April 14 edition have been discovered - as well as some of the faces in it! After The Sun... Read More

It's the first thing that hits you. The cosy, warm, reassuring earthy whiff of wood. Stacks of it. All sorts. Kauri, Tasmanian blackwood, Norfolk pine, macrocarpa. Planks,... Read More

An old storage container discovered at a Tauranga op shop recently has been cleaned out, with volunteers finding some very rare and unusual books indeed. Adolf... Read More

On the back wall of a Tauranga theatre, a series of handmade woollen panels have been quietly overperforming for decades. Not only have the textiles fulfilled... Read More

Dick Woods bought a bottle of champagne for his darling wife during his World War I adventures. The problem was, she didn't drink. About 107 years later, the unopened... Read More

Two teams of keen Kiwi volunteers are heading to Vanuatu this July to build a classroom that will double as a cyclone evacuation centre. It's been a long time... Read More

We're six months out and the race to win the nation's votes is ticking down! The 2023 General Election is on Saturday, October 14 - meaning voters will need... Read More

It was a six-year-old's understanding of war and why her grandfather went to war. 'I think 'Da' faced a lot of shooting for us,” says the simple-but-insightful,... Read More