Local News

Costs threaten a food supply

With the high cost of food ever increasing, a Te Puke-based charity is having to call on the community to continue feeding those in need. The Daily Café... Read More

Boules and banter at Bayfair!

Bayfair Pétanque Club is encouraging locals to give the game a go. Even if you've never held a boule before - pétanque is not only effortlessly learnable... Read More

Street dance to take over Mercury Baypark Arena

One of New Zealand's largest and most respected street dance events is returning to Mount Maunganui this weekend. PROJECT is a youth hip hop dance competition... Read More

Giving, when they left with nothing

'They're for the children that come into the Women's Refuge. You know, they've practically left with nothing.” This is Altrusa Tauranga president Sandra... Read More

Grand old lady finds new life

It's a magical once-upon-a-time image, mesmerising in its black and white, in its starkness, and taken 100 years ago. It tells a story of where we have come from,... Read More

Rags into outreach

A store in Tauranga is literally turning rags into riches, raising money for people in our community to access free counselling by selling rags. Yes, you read... Read More

WBOP knitters challenged to get needles clicking

Western Bay of Plenty crafters are being challenged to exceed the number of woollen blankets and clothes sent last year to Eastern Europe for Operation Cover Up. The... Read More

Four off to Singapore

A team of 26 gymnasts were selected from across New Zealand to compete in the Singapore Open 2023 - with four from right here in the Bay of Plenty. Tauranga rhythmic... Read More

The Sun shines bright on community newspaper stage

The creativity and commitment of The Weekend Sun team has been praised at the New Zealand Community Newspaper Association's 2022 Awards, with the community newspaper... Read More

About bikes and bits and charity

…..998, 999, 1000 - hallelujah!! That's 1000 bicycles patched up, flashed up and back in full working order. A break pad here, a new tyre there. Those... Read More

A musical ‘tug of war’

She's been singing for as long as she can remember - now she's released her very own song titled 'Tug of War'. Tauranga 16-year-old Venice Harris has already... Read More

Community views on the Wairoa cycleway

A new cycleway is under construction to wind beneath Wairoa Bridge on State Highway 2. Western Bay of Plenty motorists are furious it's being put in place - and... Read More