City Life

Join a lifesaving team

Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard are keen to enlist new crew volunteers to help over the summer months. 'No experience is necessary, as all training will be provided,”... Read More

Remaker reopens

A social enterprise that promotes sustainability is reopening in Tauranga city centre this weekend. Remaker will now be situated in Red Square, having moved... Read More

Blues and beyond

Blues and beyond is how Kokomo describe their style of the music. Although their bread and butter is blues and roots, their influences include country, jazz,... Read More

Kicking down barriers

After kicking taekwondo into the regional and national stratosphere, a Tauranga woman now has the chance to do the same thing on a global scale. Jamie Carpenter... Read More

2022 council elections take shape

Nine councillors and one mayor will make up the representation of Tauranga City Council after next year's 2022 local government elections. Commissioners... Read More

School staff leaving over vaccine mandates

Some schools in the region could lose up to half of their staff when the Covid-19 vaccine mandates come into force on Monday, says a principal's representative. ... Read More

Linked in anger over Links Ave cul-de-sac

Mount Maunganui residents have been left frustrated at a lack of consultation regarding controversial plans to trial a cul-de-sac on Links Avenue. The... Read More

Looking beyond the everyday

For someone who 'isn't an artist”, Bruce Ingram has an impressive sketch portfolio of Tauranga's buildings and scenes. Now, he wants to find others... Read More

Inspired by Japan drama and theatre

It's a double visual delight at Tauranga Historic Village this month, with two new exhibitions now underway. Ulemj Glamuzina's exhibition Kubuku is open... Read More

Priorities shift for Bay hospitals

Increasing capacity to care for hospitalised Covid-19 patients in negative pressure spaces has become a top priority for the Bay of Plenty. While some have... Read More

Health leader hits out

A Tauranga health chief says holding events such as last weekend's public gathering at Memorial Park is like asking Covid-19 to 'come and get us”. ... Read More

Pave the way this Gumboot Friday

A total of 654 people took their own lives in New Zealand last year, and 130 of those were youth suicides. The I Am Hope initiative hopes to reduce that... Read More