Tauranga City Mayor Tenby Powell is defending his decision to walk out of a public meeting in Papamoa this week. The Papamoa Residents & Ratepayers... Read More

  The closure of a popular Tauranga organic store left staff worried about their future until two men with a passion for organics stepped in to... Read More

The Government’s proposed $124 million investment in recycling is a “win for employment, climate and environment” says a local waste... Read More

One minute strange lights are creeping across the sky in a perfect line. Then strange living creatures start appearing in the backyard. Life has taken... Read More

  A Tauranga man’s afternoon walk along Wairoa River took an unexpected turn after he caught a 20kg kingfish with his hands.   Logan... Read More

  Spectacular sandcastles in Papamoa are sparking joy for beach walkers amid the COVID-19 lockdown.   Photos of sandcastles adorned with... Read More

It’s a snapshot of Tauranga’s attitudes to climate change. Completely unscientific, but it suggests people are gloomy. In the weeks before... Read More

A potentially toxic algal bloom in the Papamoa stormwater canals is causing concern for residents. Jacqueline Edwards says the first thing she noticed... Read More

The Tauranga City Council is planning to remove a tidy, three-bedroom house in Pyes Pa to provide a second access to the park and playground behind it. The... Read More

All dogs classified as menacing to be neutered, and no more than two beehives in a residential zone. They’re just a couple of proposed changes... Read More

Daffodils take Gael Blaymires on a magic carpet ride. “I see a daffodil and I can still sense, still smell the daffodils and jonquils and snowdrops... Read More

There is just over five weeks until Greerton Village’s flag ship event - the Cherry Blossom Festival. This will take place on Saturday, September... Read More

  Margaret Parker surprised herself. She was totting up how far she’d walked recently, and it came to more than 6000 kilometers in the last... Read More

The bus driver is venting in The Weekend Sun front office. To anyone who will listen really.   “Do they have any bloody idea?” He’s... Read More

  A pro-museum interpretation of the 60/40 museum referendum result is being challenged by the council’s City Transformation Committee chairman... Read More