Local News
12:10pm Fri 17 Mar, 2017
A very special, and very famous guest is flying in from Australia for Richard O'Brien's '75 Years of Frock 'n' Roll' 75th birthday celebrations next Friday, March... Read More
04:12pm Fri 10 Mar, 2017
Our current family in-house joke when we are on our way to Wharf Street Eatery, is where else can you call out 'Oi” in a restaurant and get instant service... Read More
12:01pm Fri 10 Mar, 2017
Get your motor running and head out on the highway because the annual Tauranga Ulysses Motorcycle Club Charity Easter Egg & Toy Run is roaring back into life. Now... Read More
11:54am Fri 10 Mar, 2017
'I do what comes naturally. I make the cruise line passengers feel they have a friend ashore.” Ned Nicely, meeter and greeter. 'I am at the bottom of the... Read More
11:45am Fri 10 Mar, 2017
Imagine a steaming pile of possum. We're not talking on the side of the road, but rather at the dinner table, piled on your plate, in the form of a stew. Possum,... Read More
11:44am Fri 10 Mar, 2017
They're worldly wise, have been travelling for years. But at the same time the Chilean cousins are a little naïve and now they're slapping themselves. 'It's... Read More
11:42am Fri 10 Mar, 2017
When the doors of McFall Museum open to the public on Sunday, March 19, its highly likely people will have a chance to lay their eyes on vintage tractors, machinery... Read More
11:40am Fri 10 Mar, 2017
The newspaper headline yelled '$40 million invested in kiwifruit'. 'Well, imagine if that headline read '$40 million invested in arts and culture' instead,”... Read More
11:33am Fri 10 Mar, 2017
Who has $10,000 to spend on a funeral these days? Instead, you could leave hard-earned funds for your spouse, children, grandchildren or a chosen charity to utilise... Read More
11:09am Fri 10 Mar, 2017
It's that time of year again. Girl Guide biscuit season. But this year is a little different. This year, Girl Guide biscuit sales will hit their 60th anniversary.... Read More
09:31am Fri 03 Mar, 2017
He's swooning over 'Olive'. Fantasising, hands clasped firmly on chest, staring distantly into the air-cooled, rear-mounted stratosphere and grinning as if something... Read More
09:30am Fri 03 Mar, 2017
There was one very miserable German backpacker weeping and there were two other women crying with joy. Feelings were running wild in a Tauranga CBD travel agency. 'It... Read More