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Space, time and cityscapes

An art exhibition is transforming four popular sites reflecting the hustle and bustle of Tauranga city life. The Future Machine, which is part of the Tauranga Arts... Read More

Speedway season ready to roll

Bay of Plenty petrol heads and speed demons will be lining up on the grid for the opening of the 2017/2018 season at Baypark Family Speedway on October 21. The... Read More

A creative, intelligent soul

A sale of artwork intended to support the Bay of Plenty hearing-impaired community more than 30 years ago will now go ahead after the pen and ink prints turned... Read More

200th anniversary of birth

They'll gather in the early morning gloom on the slopes of Hopukioe or Mount Drury. About 50 people all told - and adherents of the global faith of Baha'i. And... Read More

Do disasters impact on votes?

A University of Auckland research student has arrived in Tauranga to gently prise open two major local disasters to gain an insight into how they affected voting... Read More

Maddie, Ziggy and a demon

Maddie Mckenzie didn't wish for anything fanciful - she didn't want to be flown to the moon, or Disneyland, be a millionaire, or meet Katy Perry. When the Make-A-Wish... Read More

Life is a circus performance

If you want to go to school and clown around, that's absolutely fine with Rowan Ford Dawson. Because he's made a career out of it and now he's part of a plan to... Read More

Battle of the Kaimais

Off the back of a strong performance against Otago, the Bay of Plenty Steamers will take on Waikato in the Bayleys Battle of the Kaimais on Saturday afternoon. In... Read More

Melbourne Cup Charity Carnival

Ladies, find your fascinator, and gents, dig out your top hat because the Melbourne Cup Rotary Charity Carnival is back. Tauranga Te Papa Rotary has been busy organising... Read More

All aboard for popular show

It's addictive apparently. And it traverses the generations. Ask the Oldfields. Dad Mike Oldfield built a model railway for his son when he was a boy. Now the... Read More

When cultures meet

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be inside a video game? If you step inside the lift at Tauranga Art Gallery you'll come pretty close. Papamoa artist... Read More

When the cupboard was bare

'Blimmin' darling woman!” That's how a cash-strapped Papamoa mum describes the Samaritan who stepped in and salvaged a dire situation at the supermarket... Read More