Local News
10:48am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
Youth unemployment rates in New Zealand aren't pretty. More than 11 per cent of 15 to 19-year-olds are unemployed - figures that cost the government, and you... Read More
10:47am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
Bay of Plenty health campaigner Candy Blackwell, from smokefree organisation Hapainga, says she loves the idea of a possible ban on smoking in cars around children... Read More
10:46am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
Greerton Village is gearing up for some Christmas cheer, markets, and a very special visit from two award-winning Kiwis. Mainstreet manager Sally Benning says... Read More
10:45am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
After a season testing himself against the best the WaiBop Premiership has to offer with Papamoa, Liam Molloy is ready to dip his toes in a bigger pond. A much... Read More
10:45am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
Listen to Karen Summerhays, of the Te Puke Centre Working Group, and the deal is done - bar licking the stamps. The numbers stack up. 'This town is buying that... Read More
10:44am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
Two Western Bay students are the first recipients of the Waitaha-A-Hei/University of Waikato Scholarships, worth $14,500 each. Te Puke High School's Travis Moke... Read More
10:42am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
It's a cause close to her heart, and now Sarah Bolt is stepping up to volunteer for the Alzheimer's Association. 'I started volunteering as I wanted to give back... Read More
10:41am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
It's more about family than a show 'n tell of your classic beauties. The annual toy run has been running for 15 years, and will continue to rev on. The Tauranga... Read More
10:40am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
Will New Zealand make it three consecutive Rugby World Cup titles in Japan next year, or will Ireland, England or South Africa take home the William Webb Ellis... Read More
09:40am Fri 30 Nov, 2018
More than 12,000 people, including a large number from the Bay of Plenty, have attached their signatures to a petition aimed at convincing politicians that dumping... Read More
04:41pm Fri 23 Nov, 2018
He's 'wrong”, and Transport Minister Phil Twyford has told Scott Simpson so. Speaking to The Weekend Sun, Phil says Coromandel National MP was 'wrong”... Read More
04:32pm Fri 23 Nov, 2018
It is New Zealand's fifth-largest city, yet Tauranga is the only one where women are deprived of easy access to safe, surgical abortion services. Now, abortion... Read More