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Daffodils delivered in style

Daffodils were as scarce as hen's teeth in Tauranga this week, but come Tuesday the city will be awash with them as more than 1400 bunches of fresh daffodils are... Read More

Closed for good deeds

Local BNZ staff will turn off their computers for the day and get out into the community to volunteer for the 'Closed for Good' project on Wednesday, August 23. More... Read More

Does sexuality really matter?

The deputy principal taught Pana Hema-Taylor at Aranui High School in Christchurch - sensed a talent and steered the young man away from the fringes of the Mongrel... Read More

A not so humble pie

It almost got lost in all the brouhaha about the winning ways of a certain bacon and egg pie here in Tauranga. It's a maximum 300 gram offering - filled with slow-roasted... Read More

Working together for learning

Collaboratively. It's a hard word to get your tongue around when you're only five. Heck, it's hard to get your tongue around when you're 45. But it's a word that... Read More

NZ Teachers' Games in town

We've got the AIMS games - now Tauranga will also play host to the inaugural New Zealand Teachers' Games in October. The teachers' games are an opportunity for... Read More

Life without a rubbish bin

It sounds like heresy coming from a couple of zero waste champions - they're preaching that recycling is not the be-all and end-all solution to the world's rubbish... Read More

Experience Indonesia

If you've ever wanted to experience the wonders of Indonesia, now is the time to get a taste with Multicultural Tauranga's first 'Living in Harmony' event for 2017... Read More

Cack-handed and proud

Smudging important documents and looking like an idiot while trying to figure out a can opener are just two of the many things left-handed people deal with on a... Read More

Film Festival comes to town

Tauranga will host the New Zealand International Film Festival at Rialto Cinemas from August 24 to September 17. More than 40 films are on offer, including foreign... Read More

Mop chop for community good

A Mount Maunganui early childhood teacher has chopped off her 'messy mum bun” to donate to a good cause and give her young charges a lesson in the importance... Read More

Enjoying the fruits of labour

Gate Pa Primary School students will taste the fruits of their labour soon. And by soon, we mean in a few years probably. The primary school was recently visited... Read More