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09:50am Fri 25 May, 2018
She happily got 'quite emotional” while flicking through the health provisions of the government's budget in the lockup before Grant Robertson delivered... Read More
09:01am Fri 18 May, 2018
Some may call me a special little snowflake, an echo boomer or even just a member of the generation that cares. But there's no denying millennials aren't just... Read More
09:00am Fri 18 May, 2018
The world's biggest literary event for children is coming to the Bay of Plenty, as local super-readers join more than 8000 children worldwide to compete for the... Read More
08:59am Fri 18 May, 2018
Heads are down, fingers are tapping on the keyboard, small groups are conversing and the invigorating aroma of coffee wafts in from the front door. Welcome to... Read More
08:58am Fri 18 May, 2018
Welcome Bay's Bex Tereu is a woman constantly on the go, working at the Parenting Place, writing a blog and business column, and being mum to two children. When... Read More
08:57am Fri 18 May, 2018
With Matariki approaching, the gap in the line-up of the Matariki carvings on The Strand is being noticed. The carvings represent a Maori interpretation of the... Read More
08:52am Fri 18 May, 2018
It's a gown, the Killen gown, an elegant silk gown of 1870s vintage. It was worn by one of the region's first ladies, Mary Elizabeth Killen, and her image lives... Read More
08:50am Fri 18 May, 2018
'After 27 years in Tauranga we have decided to move on.” That's the thrust of a message to The Weekend Sun this week. It's both a message and an indictment... Read More
08:48am Fri 18 May, 2018
It was a one-pound box of continental chocolate treasures. No cherry truffles, no grande brazils nor French vanilla creams. But for Norma Bent of Pyes Pa, the... Read More
08:47am Fri 18 May, 2018
It'll be a big, bold, brassy sound - enough to lift the lid clean off the citadel on the corner of Cameron Road and 5th Avenue. The collective power of the Tauranga... Read More
04:35pm Fri 11 May, 2018
If you grew up in the last two decades, you may remember buzzing with excitement as you lined up in front of a bus ready to meet the famous man in yellow -... Read More
04:32pm Fri 11 May, 2018
Imagine struggling both mentally and physically to do simple tasks such as washing the dishes or hanging out the washing. Chronic fatigue syndrome is not simply... Read More