Local News

Triathletes await nod to head to Spain

Two teenage triathletes - who recently won Under-19 titles in the New Zealand Schools Triathlon Championships at Mount Manganui - are now waiting to hear if... Read More

Turning trash into treasure

You could be forgiven for not believing Darcia Mather when she describes herself as shy. In the live online auctions from what she laughingly calls her 'sh**ty... Read More

Shakespeare in the Village

With a whimsical fusion of history and merriment, Tauranga Historic Village is being transformed into a lively tapestry of medieval splendour during the enchanting... Read More

Keeping the EV running and Pāpāmoa safe

From spotting open garages as prime targets for opportunist thieves, to finding missing young and elderly family members, Pāpāmoa Community Patrol do all sorts... Read More

Novel back-to-school campaign returns

'Every class, every day, for a bright future.” That's the aim of the campaign 'Kura Let's Do It Tauranga Moana' - a back-to-school campaign, encouraging... Read More

King and Queen of the Mountain

Racers are expected to flood Mount Main Beach in anticipation for the King and Queen of the Mountain event this weekend. This will be the 77th year of runners... Read More

Stem cell transplant needed for rare disease

A Tauranga family is moving to Italy so their son can receive treatment for a rare disease. Sixteen-year-old Daniel Patterson was born with Wiskott-Aldrich-Syndrome... Read More

Services and parades to attend on ANZAC Day

Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga communities have a range of services and events on Thursday, April 25 to attend to commemorate ANZAC Day. Pāpāmoa, Mount... Read More

Coffee cup thrown at Tauranga café worker

One Tauranga hospitality worker reportedly got a black eye after a customer threw a large ceramic mug at her face. This is just among some of the assaults... Read More

Students react to fallen Katikati soldier's diary

Four Katikati College students are standing beneath a road sign at a rural crossroads south of town. It's balmy, autumnal; the clouds of war that once hovered... Read More

The private thoughts of a really decent bloke

Who was Jessie? Acquaintance? Confidante? Love interest? No-one knows - nearly eighty years after a WW2 soldier and the mononymous 'Jessie' exchanged letters,... Read More

The DIVAS! Phenomenon Adds Second Show

Events Innovated has announced an additional show for DIVAS!, after the first night sold-out in record time. The show, playing at Baycourt Theatre, celebrates... Read More