A new initiative to support young budding sports stars in the Bay of Plenty has been created by a local, family-operated real estate company. Kirsty and Blair... Read More

As Bay residents feel the cold bite this month, a nationwide organisation encourages them to pick up their knitting needles to cover those who will battle freezing... Read More

A new op shop has hit Papamoa - and one of the manager's wages are going towards raising funds for a local youth group. Co-manager Lynda Behrent says herself... Read More

Racing Tauranga is 'very happy” the controversial idea to put housing on the Greerton Racecourse Reserve has been canned. Housing was one of 10 options... Read More

Waipuna Hospice's annual Shorts 4 Hospice is back, and it's expected to be bigger, brighter, and better than ever. Fundraising executive Wayne Bloxham says this... Read More

Te Puke's second annual Matariki celebration is set to be a jam-packed, two days' worth of events filled with culture, music and kai on June 23-24. The kaupapa... Read More

Some of New Zealand's 'big kite flyers' will be attending this year's Matariki Kite Day at Matua on Sunday afternoon flying their spectacular world-class kites. ... Read More

With the Bayfair underpass - which runs under State Highway 2 - now open to the public for use, The Weekend Sun caught up with one group which worked hard work... Read More

Bay of Plenty may be home to the next speed climbing Olympian thanks, in part, to the community's support in constructing a brand new inside training wall. 'We've... Read More

Imagine having one dream. One dream that is on your mind every day and has been on your mind every day since you were six years old. For Zyleika Pratt-Smith,... Read More

Even before he speaks in his gravelly baritone, country singer Brendan Dugan is often recognised around Tauranga. 'Even when I'm wearing a mask,” he says.... Read More

When a cauliflower or a cabbage costs upwards of $5 each - and you've got mouths to feed for a whole seven days and money needed for other bills - how do you make... Read More