Everyone has a favourite beach and Waihi Beach is mine. Nine kilometres of flat, golden sand, often described as the gateway to the Coromandel and Bay of Plenty. ... Read More

Last summer more than half the country may have taken to the water in boats. Driven by good weather Maritime NZ says 51 per cent of New Zealanders went recreational... Read More

It all started with Carols by Candlelight in a private garden. Fast forward 20 years and the Katikati Twilight Concerts have become an institution in the town,... Read More

Darryl Judkins is building to become president of his own private railroad in 18 months-to-two years. It's not quite like the ones that helped pave the American... Read More

Another Christmas, another splurge of unbudgeted spending, and more families stretched beyond their financial limits. 'November was our busiest month this year,”... Read More

At 18-years-old, Phoebe Robinson, better known as Jeremiah, was one of many who took part in a youth mentor programme for one of Mount Maunganui's most iconic festivals. Now,... Read More

Sweet as, flash, stink, knackered and wicked. We all know what those words mean, right? Wrong. If you're learning to speak English in New Zealand it's enough to... Read More

The Labour Party is establishing a permanent and very visible presence in their Tauranga heartland. The party, which now boasts four MPs across the Bay of Plenty... Read More

It doesn't bode well for shellfish gatherers this summer. Biotoxin alerts warn of paralytic shellfish poisoning in the Bay of Plenty, from Waihi Beach to Opape,... Read More

Elizabeth White has lived in the shadow of Mauao for more than 30 years. But she's never felt the urge to climb it. 'Mainly because I never thought I would make... Read More

Two houses - one in Katikati and one in Papamoa - have been chosen as the winners of The Weekend Sun Christmas Lights Drive for 2017. The winners, judged by a panel... Read More

Are you considering adding four paws to your family this Christmas? Tauranga SPCA's Christmas adopt-a-thon is on Saturday, December 16 from 10.30am to 4pm at the... Read More