9:06am Friday 24 Aug, 2018
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
9:06am Friday 24 Aug, 2018
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
10:36am Friday 11 May, 2018
A pro-museum interpretation of the 60/40 museum referendum result is being challenged by the council’s City Transformation Committee chairman... Read More
2:26pm Friday 27 Apr, 2018
There’s no doubt the Bay of Plenty is home to its own ‘wonders of the world’. The region boasts some of the nation’s greatest... Read More
2:25pm Friday 27 Apr, 2018
There’s less than two weeks to go until every gamebird hunter’s favourite weekend of the year, so it’s time to break out the camo, ammo,... Read More
1:37pm Friday 13 Apr, 2018
Nature is conspiring against the little blue penguin like it hasn’t done in many years. The birds are dying en masse and local wildlife workers... Read More
11:46am Friday 06 Apr, 2018
No more foggy, cracked mirrors, and no more dark and dingy cubicles that encourage unsightly graffiti. Otumoetai College students will be toileting in... Read More
4:12pm Friday 23 Mar, 2018
“Love your work Smithy, will get onto it,” and “Gidday champ – I’m sure we’ve got some stuff we can dig out and send... Read More
1:56pm Friday 16 Mar, 2018
The lights will go out across the world and the globe will be in unison for just one hour in a symbolic commitment to the planet this month. Earth hour... Read More
2:38pm Friday 26 Jan, 2018
Catch limits of rock lobster in the Bay of Plenty are under review by the Ministry for Primary Industries in the lead-up to the start of the April 2018... Read More
3:35pm Friday 19 Jan, 2018
“There was a very real danger we were going nowhere,” says Martin Knudsen. There was an even greater danger that their four wheel drive would... Read More
11:01am Friday 15 Sep, 2017
It’s just over a week to go until the election on September 23, and the race is tighter than ever. For many voters, one of this campaign’s... Read More
4:02pm Friday 14 Jul, 2017
A burbling stream, the bush-clad slopes of the Kaimai ranges above and the sparkling waters of the inner harbour in the distance. What better way to spend... Read More
9:38am Friday 11 Nov, 2016
“The odds are better than Lotto that we’re going to cop a tsunami at some stage. And it’s not going to be nice.” Prophet of doom,... Read More
8:22am Friday 11 Nov, 2016
“I don’t want a headstone, I want a tree.” That maybe Karen Summerhays’ choice for eternity but is there sufficient support in... Read More
10:30am Friday 28 Oct, 2016
This Sunday at Omokoroa No 1 School is Animal Day, a fundraising event organised entirely by two schoolgirls. Maya Stone and Sunny Davis, both aged 11,... Read More