Local News
11:00am Fri 13 Dec, 2024
With summer here and the ground starting to dry out, gardeners are relying more on the hose to feed their plants liquid gold. In Tauranga, as part of the... Read More
10:00am Fri 13 Dec, 2024
It is the most wonderful time of the year. And the busiest, as The Weekend Sun caught up with Tauranga's Big Smoke BBQ pitmaster Mike Jefferies. He sat down... Read More
09:00am Fri 13 Dec, 2024
A thrilling week of tennis is being served up in Tauranga when a world-class event returns to town on Monday, December 16. The EVES Open World Tennis Tour... Read More
08:00am Fri 13 Dec, 2024
Probus New Zealand is turning 50, and the four clubs in Tauranga have marked the milestone with special morning tea gatherings. They're also on the hunt for... Read More
07:00am Fri 13 Dec, 2024
A student and a teacher at a Tauranga primary school are going to great heights to help give back to the Graeme Dingle Foundation's life skills and values programme,... Read More
06:00am Fri 13 Dec, 2024
St Peters in the City is hosting its Christmas dinner on December 25 and invites the whole community. Reverend Enosa Auva'a said the dinner from 5pm-7pm on... Read More
03:00pm Fri 06 Dec, 2024
A group of eight GirlGuiding rangers from around the Bay of Plenty are preparing to head to Japan next year. The rangers are from three units - four from... Read More
02:00pm Fri 06 Dec, 2024
The Japanese mantis shrimp (Oratosquilla oratoria) has been detected for the first time in the Bay of Plenty region. A single shrimp was captured in a trap... Read More
01:00pm Fri 06 Dec, 2024
Three Tauranga authors have scored a hat trick, with all three winning Notable Book Awards. Rachel Weston, Susan Brocker and Angie Belcher were winners at... Read More
12:00pm Fri 06 Dec, 2024
It's where the future generation of brass instrument performers go to learn. And the more experienced members of Tauranga City Brass Auxiliary Band are helping... Read More
11:00am Fri 06 Dec, 2024
Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty will be jam-packed with Christmas spirit this weekend as festive activities unfold. Tauranga's Christmas in the Park will... Read More
10:00am Fri 06 Dec, 2024
After more than 50 years dressing performers on stage and screen, Tauranga's Alf Weston has come out of retirement to design the costumes in Tauranga Repertory... Read More