Local News
08:32pm Thu 29 Jun, 2023
A grand spectacle of the nation's top gymnasts returns to Tauranga for the first time in five years as the 2023 New Zealand Gymnastics Championships gets underway... Read More
08:24pm Thu 29 Jun, 2023
He was a nine-year-old at his school desk. Class had just started, 9am Wednesday, July 3, 1963. Dave Hooper remembers it well. 'Our school was only a kilometre... Read More
08:12pm Thu 29 Jun, 2023
History in the ring from 1991 hopes to repeat itself here in Tauranga next week as the Boxing New Zealand National Championships get underway. It was this time... Read More
08:10pm Thu 29 Jun, 2023
Western Bay of Plenty residents have been issued an artistic challenge in the wake of discovering Katikati's town icon has 'disappeared'. Townsfolk woke... Read More
08:02pm Thu 29 Jun, 2023
Playing sports outdoors is going to be a totally different - and dry - experience for Ōtūmoetai Primary School's 554 students next term. A new 35m by 35m Covered... Read More
04:32pm Fri 23 Jun, 2023
'Tauranga, this is AYZ. We're two minutes out.” The fateful final radio communication from an NAC DC3 Skyliner en route from Auckland to Tauranga at 9.06am... Read More
04:27pm Fri 23 Jun, 2023
Te Puke High School's shed has been a flurry of activity in the lead-up to this weekend's KiwiCoast Lions Club's annual book fair. Club president Maxine Shanks... Read More
04:21pm Fri 23 Jun, 2023
It was sad but serendipitous at the same time. A Bay of Islands family, beset by tragedy, needed a big strong boat. Another family, a Tauranga family, beset by... Read More
04:16pm Fri 23 Jun, 2023
Threads of aqua hues will wind their way through the heart of Greerton, bringing life and joy while raising support for worthy causes this winter. On July 2,... Read More
04:11pm Fri 23 Jun, 2023
It was a disaster…. 'Because I put in three or four months of hard work building that plane and it crashed, and was destroyed in about 10 seconds flat.” Oh,... Read More
04:06pm Fri 23 Jun, 2023
With each sketch, colour and brush stroke, Tauranga youngsters will reflect on what it means to embrace diversity in our community. For the fourth year, Multicultural... Read More
04:02pm Fri 23 Jun, 2023
After more than 40 years in the heart of the city, Tauranga Mini Golf may have to say goodbye to its greens in coming years. Tauranga Mini Golf's owner Mike Head... Read More