Local News
01:37pm Fri 04 Sep, 2026
A motorcyclist says he was lucky to escape serious injury when his bike suddenly lost traction on loose gravel covering a lane of Old Coach Rd on August 16. Jeremy... Read More
01:37pm Fri 04 Sep, 2026
Athole Herbert is 90, but you wouldn't know it from his tennis schedule. He still takes to the local tennis courts four days a week - and has for decades. Herbert... Read More
01:36pm Fri 04 Sep, 2026
It takes a lot of tucker to power nearly 15,000 young athletes for a week but luckily Tauranga charity Good Neighbour knows a thing or two about feeding masses. This... Read More
01:34pm Fri 04 Sep, 2026
A dozen falls, a thick coat of mud and one massive grin - mountain-biker Blake Wilson was having the time of his life. He's about to do it all over again... Read More
01:33pm Fri 04 Sep, 2026
This month, five Tauranga-Western Bay community centres are running an awareness and fundraising campaign to future-proof their existence. It will... Read More
01:29pm Fri 04 Sep, 2026
Cake, balloons and a chance for a chat will help shine a light on the quiet work of hospital chaplains next week. Tauranga Hospital's chaplaincy team is stepping... Read More
01:27pm Fri 04 Sep, 2026
What started with a young man taking parcels into a Paeroa shoe store back in the 1970s has turned into 50 years of marriage, delivering love and memories. Bellevue... Read More
01:26pm Fri 04 Sep, 2026
September is Wills Month in New Zealand, an annual nationwide campaign led by Community Foundations of Aotearoa NZ (CFANZ) to encourage people to create... Read More
01:24pm Fri 04 Sep, 2026
A bright pink campervan offering free breast health advice will take to Bay of Plenty roads for the first time next month. The Breast Cancer Foundation NZ... Read More
01:23pm Fri 04 Sep, 2026
A new emergency ambulance is serving the Bay of Plenty thanks to the generosity of Tauranga couple Erle and Ursula Dunseath. The new Generation 4 ambulance... Read More
01:21pm Fri 04 Sep, 2026
If you haven't been directly affected by prostate cancer you're bound to know someone who has. One in eight Kiwi men - fathers, brothers, husbands, sons... Read More
01:20pm Fri 04 Sep, 2026
Katikati's Monster Book Sale is only a month away - but organisers want the community to know that they are still collecting donations for the annual event. The... Read More












