Gather your friends and fellow frocked-up bicyclers and race down the streets in style this weekend. Frocks on Bikes is into its fourth year, and sees people of... Read More

One of the biggest surf sporting events is about to hit Bay of Plenty shores this weekend, with hundreds of athletes from around the country set to take part. The... Read More

Tauranga City Council is looking to beef up CCTV coverage around the pier and tidal stairs on the city's waterfront after ongoing issues with the life preserver... Read More

As a mum of three healthy kids, I count my blessings every day. I was stoked to hear that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford are having... Read More

It is both a deeply sad time and a profoundly satisfying time of year for Paul Roozendaal. For around two-and-a-half hours, Paul can be at sea and alone with his... Read More

There are mysteries, action and adventures, and science fiction. Over on another table there's romance, horror, self-help, satire and drama. Books of many and varied... Read More

'There was a very real danger we were going nowhere,” says Martin Knudsen. There was an even greater danger that their four wheel drive would be seized and... Read More

A Katikati resident has expressed concern about the use of the chemical glyphosate to rid the Yeoman Walkway of weeds, given its close proximity to the Uretara... Read More

It was half an idea that didn't quite take off - the proposed water taxi to Tauranga from the Omokoroa Peninsula. The idea was the brainchild of local ferryman... Read More

A Gate Pa woman has a solution to unwanted and unfortunate given names. 'Maybe it would be better if a name given at birth was just a temporary thing,” says... Read More

The small towns and settlements of New Zealand are the backbone of our country and those in the Western Bay of Plenty are no exception. Te Puke is the kiwifruit... Read More

Three months, three-to-six days a week, and up to five hours a day - that's how long the cast and crew of The Wizard of Oz (Young Performers' Edition) have been... Read More