Te Puke is set to become the hotspot for all things sport, fitness and wellness. Slowly outgrowing their home facilities and calling for something bigger,... Read More

A 13-year-old Pāpāmoa dancer has created her own business to fund a trip to compete against the best in the world. Milan Brown is one of 64 hip hop dancers... Read More

Did you know Denis and Melva Howard got zapped by a lightning strike in their motor home? Blew all the electrics out, took six months to get bits in from Germany... Read More

She's on top of the world - kind of! Stephanie Dryfhout will take on new heights in Albuquerque for the International Tree Climbing Championship this August. The... Read More

Scottish lineage runs through her curved fingers above raised arms mid-fling, right down patterned sock-covered legs to the tip of her pointed toes in black Ghillies. But... Read More

The Netherlands team is receiving a warm welcome from the people of Tauranga as they prepare to compete in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 in Aotearoa. Nicknamed... Read More

With a little help it's possible to save African lions from anywhere in the world, as proved by Pāpāmoa's James Dorrington who is heading to South Africa in... Read More

Tauranga's STEMFest is set to return this October - and has even bigger goals for 2023, according to its founder Tia Lush. The festival has been running since 2018,... Read More

Darryl Jensen credits dance for his marriage. 'My wife and I met through dancing,” he explains. 'I was invited to a rock and roll party that was a vice versa... Read More

An organisation created to protect the Bay of Plenty's fragile ecosystem has marked a major milestone. Tauranga Moana Biosecurity Capital launched five years ago... Read More

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

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