Local News
11:44am Fri 05 Oct, 2018
Tauranga turned on a sunny day when the inaugural recipient of the University of Waikato Squash Scholarship - third year student Ben Grindrod - met up with Dudley... Read More
11:41am Fri 05 Oct, 2018
'Don't be scared, just get it done.” That's the message from Tauranga's Lucia Ekenasio, 51, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy to treat breast cancer. Lucia... Read More
11:40am Fri 05 Oct, 2018
It's a claim that would be backed by anyone who attended last year's Pasifika in the Bay festival - that upping the ante on this year's festival would be a hard... Read More
11:39am Fri 05 Oct, 2018
The colour pink is believed to be the colour of universal love of oneself and others, including our pets. Fitting, then, that Tauranga will be swathed in a sea... Read More
11:38am Fri 05 Oct, 2018
Two of the top 12 Kiwi film makers in this year's International Youth Silent Film Festival are from Tauranga. They're Sophie Webster of Tauranga Girls' College,... Read More
11:38am Fri 05 Oct, 2018
When Tauranga Girls' College celebrates its 60th anniversary this Labour Weekend, there will be a small group of women quietly celebrating 61 years since they... Read More
11:36am Fri 05 Oct, 2018
They just wanted a coffee, but found themselves down the wrong road, which led them to a physical and metaphorical sign - Sarona. That's how an unlikely group... Read More
11:33am Fri 05 Oct, 2018
No one can spy out a toy faster than a child on a mission. And now families will be able to spot toys just as quick - a whole library of them in fact - following... Read More
10:02am Fri 05 Oct, 2018
He was disgusted and disappointed. 'Yes, certainly a bit stink about it.” Leonard Harris' beloved Papamoa Beach, his haven, had been defiled. 'I was watching... Read More
11:43am Fri 28 Sep, 2018
One of New Zealand's pre-eminent gang experts and the Leader of the Opposition are at odds over dealing with the festering gang menace in Tauranga. Simon Bridges... Read More
11:42am Fri 28 Sep, 2018
When John Storie closed his Four Square store on Tauranga's Devonport Road after 20 years and moved out to the then rustic surrounds of Oropi to open his new business,... Read More
11:41am Fri 28 Sep, 2018
It really annoys Leader of the Opposition, Simon Bridges. 'You never seem to make the point clear, with the greatest of respect. The Tauranga Northern Link has... Read More