Bike business booming but supply dries up
With a surge in interest in getting ‘on ya bike', cycle shops and repairers are experiencing demand like never before. Owner of Cycle Obsession Kris Snow says since the country... read more
Music takes Annabelle to the top
Solo cornet player Annabelle Stewart has won a place in the National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand which will be touring the country in late January 2021. “I am really looking forward... read more
Implants transforms life of Tauranga two-year-old
Profoundly deaf Tauranga toddler Hugo Roberts is ‘blossoming like a flower' in front of his family's eyes. That's how Hugo's mum Becky Roberts describes her son's journey... read more
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Dogs and owner pay price for multiple cat killings
A Matua woman still grieving for her cat that was killed by a dog is... read more
6:24am Friday 23rd Oct
Actors brush off the cobwebs as theatre returns
Kiwi actor Mark Hadlow despises reality TV and says it has hurt the acting... read more
6:28am Friday 23rd Oct
Growth in number of public defibrilators
You hope you'll never need it but it's good to know it's there. ... read more
6:17am Friday 23rd Oct
Remembering the Battle of Gate Pa - Pukehinahina
The Anglican Parish of Gate Pa is inviting the people of Tauranga Moana to... read more
6:18am Friday 23rd Oct
Bicycle roundup about to begin
Good Neighbour Tauranga is running another second-hand bike drive this year... read more
6:22am Friday 23rd Oct
COLUMNISTS
Exciting crop of cricket players emerging
Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid is excited about a group of young Western Bay of Plenty representative... read more
The Southern Oscillation Index...1880- 2020
Weather Eye with John Maunder The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) is a standardized index based on the observed sea level pressure differences... read more
A suspiciously clean election
Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Whew – we've elected our leaders for the next three years. And, to be honest, I'm glad that's over. What... read more
How Mauao’s base-track was fixed (temporarily)
Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris As Steven Joyce opened Tauranga's second harbour bridge, a plane towed... read more