Local News
01:14pm Fri 27 May, 2022
Bay of Plenty's Nepalese community is gearing up to celebrate the relationship between Nepal and New Zealand - and they're inviting Kiwis to join them this Sunday,... Read More
01:12pm Fri 27 May, 2022
The livestream of the Tauranga candidates' debate on Tuesday night was a resounding success with SunLive readers tuning in to hear the candidates' positions on... Read More
06:00am Fri 27 May, 2022
Not many people get to enjoy a parent's 102nd birthday, but Bellevue resident Raewyn Scrivener got to do just that recently. Mum Thelma Joyce Cooke (nee Fausett)... Read More
06:00am Fri 27 May, 2022
Tauranga by-election candidate - ONE Party co-leader - Allan Cawood says that the 'status quo must go” and 'the left and right are two wings of the same... Read More
06:00am Fri 27 May, 2022
With Budget 2022 feeding $51.4 million into the New Zealand's arts, culture and heritage sector, some Tauranga artists hope this money will be shared with those... Read More
06:00am Fri 27 May, 2022
Jazz-inspired music - from eight dynamic acts - will bring to life The National Jazz Festival Concert Series at Baycourt from June 22-25. Part of the Port of... Read More
06:00am Fri 27 May, 2022
Crashing into bronze whaler sharks while out wing foiling doesn't scare off Tauranga's Mark Arundel from the enthralling sport. Mark has been wing foiling for... Read More
06:00am Fri 27 May, 2022
Katikati resident and first-term Western Bay of Plenty councillor James Denyer has joined the race to become the district's next mayor in October's Local Body... Read More
02:10pm Thu 26 May, 2022
To combat the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's 'invisibility”, it is taking a multi-faceted approach ahead of the Local Body Election in October. Chairman... Read More
06:00am Fri 20 May, 2022
With 11 artworks illuminating Tauranga's urban landscape this week - to bring creativity vibrancy to the city - The Weekend Sun talks to two artists to shed some... Read More
06:00am Fri 20 May, 2022
Despite the Government announcing New Zealand's borders will open at the end of July, a Mount Maunganui gift and souvenir shop owner is still playing the waiting... Read More
06:00am Fri 20 May, 2022
Tauranga choir Everybody Sings has started up again after months of Covid closure - and it has a new name. The un-auditioned choir is now called All Together... Read More