Local News

Tauranga’s best minds ready to debate

Teams of local business celebrities and professionals, leaders and politicians will be squaring off against their junior equivalents in Tauranga's Great Debate... Read More

The circus visits Trustpower Arena

Roll up, roll up to Ringmaster Butler's Circus spectacular, an affordable family-friendly show performing at Trustpower Arena for one day only! You won't want... Read More

Broken Spirits

Tears streaming and emotions running high is the effect the Cameron Rd roadworks are having on store owners between 11th and 12th Avenues. The Weekend Sun visited... Read More

ASB Classic cultivating champs

Two young talented Tauranga tennis players will get to taste what it's to play at the ASB Classic Arena after qualifying for January's youth-focused tournament. Eleven-year-old... Read More

Inside Santa’s Grotto...all are welcome!

Gnomes in a floral utopia, elves 'playing' on children's toys, a fairy wonderland, Christmas tree and Santa's workshop awaits visitors who wander through Santa's... Read More

Saving little blue penguins

Local wildlife experts are spending their Christmas break rehabilitating little blue penguins that are washing ashore weak and starving on the beaches of the Bay... Read More

Beach boom for summer

Bay of Plenty Lifeguards are expecting a busy summer volunteering, with the heat of summer upon us. Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service senior lifeguard Jamie Troughton... Read More

Hairini‘s needles of love...

Going 'flat out on their needles” is how Betty Higgins describes the tight-knit group who've been meeting weekly in her Hairini home. Every Monday the Daintee... Read More

Get the kids reading this summer!

Keep the kids busy this summer season with the local libraries' challenges. Tauranga City Libraries and Western Bay of Plenty District Libraries are both running... Read More

Stop, share, celebrate, feast

'It's really lush, it's really cool.” It's St Peters in the City free community Christmas dinner. 'Thirty-two chickens, six units of ham at $130…... Read More

New Year’s Eve free, family fun is back!

Grab your whānau, a picnic blanket and your dancing shoes and head to one of five community New Year's Eve celebrations taking place across Tauranga on Saturday,... Read More

Tough decisions ahead for Te Puna

Te Puna Community Centre on Maramatanga Park is about to shut its doors for good, closing a chapter on a building that's been home to many activities and groups... Read More