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12:05pm Fri 25 Sep, 2026
Sponsored Content Very few people could claim at 102 years old that their 80-year-old wedding dress still fits like a glove. Althorp Village resident Veronica... Read More
12:01pm Fri 25 Sep, 2026
Film Bay of Plenty has received a $44,000 grant to help local people turn their lived experiences and cultural stories into screen narratives. The funding... Read More
11:50am Fri 25 Sep, 2026
A Tauranga-based, prominent Rongoā Māori practitioner has revised his book on traditional Māori medicine and released it - this time double its original... Read More
11:46am Fri 25 Sep, 2026
Sweat trickles down your forehead as your mates cheer your name louder and louder. It's now or never. With one final surge of adrenaline, you gun it up... Read More
11:44am Fri 25 Sep, 2026
This month, five Tauranga-Western Bay community centres are running an awareness and fundraising campaign to future-proof their existence. It is shining a light... Read More
11:42am Fri 25 Sep, 2026
Classic cars and dapperly dressed drivers will take to Tauranga roads this Sunday, coming together to connect and raise funds for men's mental health and prostate... Read More
11:35am Fri 25 Sep, 2026
A Pāpāmoa College student's creative take on wetland conservation has earned national recognition. Year 11 Layla Clarke, 15, won the Year 9-13 Art Category... Read More
09:23am Fri 25 Sep, 2026
Competitive rock climbing takes steely focus, but that assumes an entirely different shape for Tauranga boy Teddy Hirini. While his competitors at the recent... Read More
09:20am Fri 25 Sep, 2026
A child arrives at school in uniform, but the night before she slept in a makeshift shelter with her father and was frightened by rodents. It is the kind... Read More
11:13am Fri 18 Sep, 2026
After nearly three decades working in Bay of Plenty libraries, Tauranga Libraries and Community Hubs manager Joanna Thomas is preparing to help open the city's... Read More
11:10am Fri 18 Sep, 2026
WARNING: This article discusses suicide and may be upsetting to some readers. People and whānau affected by suicide loss will have an opportunity to remember... Read More
11:08am Fri 18 Sep, 2026
A new community art project is inviting Bay of Plenty residents to turn old T-shirts into something useful - while weaving new connections along the way. The... Read More












