Local News
08:25am Fri 02 Jun, 2023
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
08:16am Fri 02 Jun, 2023
'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
09:23am Mon 29 May, 2023
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
09:22am Mon 29 May, 2023
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
09:19am Mon 29 May, 2023
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
09:18am Mon 29 May, 2023
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
09:16am Mon 29 May, 2023
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
06:00am Fri 19 May, 2023
…..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
06:00am Fri 19 May, 2023
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
06:00am Fri 19 May, 2023
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
06:00am Fri 19 May, 2023
The pupils at Te Kura o Manunui in Brookfield are quite savvy about China. School leaders Devon, Ryley, Caleb, Chanel, Te Ariki, Paikea, Shaylah and Kaleb - that's... Read More
06:00am Fri 19 May, 2023
It is Hospice Awareness Week - and Richard Thurlow wants to raise awareness of how dire straits the funding level is for hospices like our own in the Western Bay... Read More