The public's response to The Weekend Sun Roger's Rabbits column request for slogan suggestions for Tauranga is proving a hit with ideas streaming into the Sun Media office.
‘Tempt me Tauranga' was the early 1990s attempt to brand Tauranga with a young and exciting image. Read about its failure here.
The inspiration to ask for Tauranga slogan ideas stems from both the city's lack of one and from the failure of the ‘Tempt me Tauranga' campaign held in the early 1990s.
Although this campaign failed, similar fervour, albeit this time mostly positive, is being observed with most people submitting their ideas via email; but one group opted to launch their idea in song.
The Short Sistars visited the Sun Media offices on Monday to perform a song they think would make a fitting anthem for the Bay.
Rebecca, 22, Jacinda, 20, and Louisa, 16, performed a song called ‘Hey You, It's All Here In The Bay'.
Rebecca says they wrote the song with mother Debbie because 'we feel there is no song promoting how great it is to live in the Bay and we believe there needs to be one”.
The girls have also taken the song to Mayor Stuart Crosby and former BOP Tourism general manager Tim Burgess, who the girls say both 'really liked it”.
The song is performed with a backing track that Debbie wrote and composed, and is played by their cousin.
They have been working on the song and routine for the last six months, and have performed at various charity events and street busking sites both here and in Auckland.
The girls have been classically trained, but Jacinda says it is only in the last five years they have sung together as a trio.
The beach and the weather is something the girls agree is their favourite part of living in the Bay of Plenty, with Rebecca adding, 'I like that it is a good size, it is not too big, but a good size to have all the right shops and things to see.”
Tauranga Slogan Suggestions
Tauranga – Catch the Wave!
Charles Martin
Hook the Big One – Tauranga.
Charles Martin
TAURANGA – City, Sun, Surf, Sand
Marie Millar
TAURANGA – Live and Love the Life
Marie Millar
A Day in the Bay and you won't go away.
Invest in the Bay and you won't go away.
Spend a most wonderful day in the Bay.
Come say and play in the Bay.
(Identify number of Bays in BOP) eg '26 Bays of Plenty”.
Trendy tourists try Tauranga
Breath of Ocean traverse depth of mind beckons to Bay of Plenty.
Brilliant Bay blows cobwebs away.
Target Tauranga's trust tourism.
Tantalising Tauranga and the magical mountain.
Jean McWhannell
100% PURE Tauranga
100% of your rates are already spent!
Tony Bennett
City of sunshine and style
John Hepburn
TAURANGA – Riviera Climate, So Pacific Beauty, Kiwi Cheer!
Jim and Clarice Korrison
Tauranga: Bay of Tranquillity
Julie Hood
Tauranga: City of Tranquillity
Julie Hood
Tauranga: Port of Tranquillity
Julie Hood
Tauranga – So fantastic it doesn't need a slogan.
Bruce Insunnytauranga
Tauranga – Sunsational!
Bruce Insunnytauranga
Tauranga...Where it's always safe to lick the windows
Mike Houlding
Tauranga...Home of The Showerdome
Mike Houlding
Tauranga...Where Regularity Rulz
Mike Houlding
Tauranga...Winston wuz Here
Mike Houlding
Tauranga...Mangroves aren't us
Mike Houlding
‘Hey You, It's All Here in the Bay!'
The Short Sistars
BOP the sunshine paradise
Motivation4u.co.nz
BOP your best holiday destination
Motivation4u.co.nz
BOP the only place to be happy
Motivation4u.co.nz
Sunshine, beach & mountains the BOP has it all
Motivation4u.co.nz
BOP the community you want to live with
Motivation4u.co.nz
BOP has it all – Why go somewhere else???
Motivation4u.co.nz
A Taste of Tauranga
A Collins
Tauranga: Highly over-rated
Wendy Spence
Tauranga - for the newly wed & the nearly dead
Jim Smth
Tauranga City-it really rates!
Graham McKinstry
Oh Tauranga in the sun
Where you can see
An expensive fart gallery
Ratepayers do not despair
You still have the prettiest mayor
As seen by Henare of Belvedere
H Limerick
Tauranga (Tune of 'Chicago”)
Tauranga, Tauranga , This plentiful town
Tauranga Moana, We'll show you around (We love it)
Bet your bottom dollar you'll lose the blues
In Tauranga, ( Tauranga )
The centre where the Bay of Plenty smiles
With Mount Maunganui, I just wanna to say
It's where sea and sky are blue all day ( blue all day)
Come for a visit, We'd love you to stay
Come for a week or just come for a day
To Tauranga Moana, this great town.
Verse 2
Tauranga, Tauranga, the Bay's leading town
Tauranga Moana is jazzin' around (we love it)
You can go out fishing or sailing out on the ocean (the ocean)
Or swimming in the hot pools at the Mount
There's surfing, wind-surfing and splashing around
Or sleeping on the sand if that's your choice (that's your choice)
You'll have the time, the time of your life
Bring the whole fam'ly or just bring your wife
To Tauranga Moana our home town.
Verse 3
Tauranga, Tauranga where pleasure is king
Tauranga Moana You can do anything (in reason)
Strolling round the mountain or round the shops
In Tauranga, (Tauranga)
or walking on the boardwalk at the front
There's wining and dining and beautiful food
With orchards and cafes all the day (all the day)
Marvellous gardens and wide shady parks
Swim with the dolphins but not with the sharks
In Tauranga this Bay of Plenty town ….My home town.
Richard Goodall
Living in heaven! Alive in Tauranga.
Jeanette Luxton
Where to holiday when you live in earth's heaven?
Jeanette Luxton
Tauranga (then she has several ticks) Ticks all the boxes.
Jeanette Luxton
Superb (Capital big S with Superb Holiday; Superb Sun; Superb Sand; Safe - Swims; Super Friendly; Shops)"
Jeanette Luxton
Sun, Surf, Style
M. Joan Grainger
Living in Heaven, Alive in Tauranga!
Jeanette Luxton
Where to holiday when you live in Earth's heaven?
Jeanette Luxton
Tauranga ticks all the boxes.
Jeanette Luxton
Superb holiday
Sun
Sea
Sand
Safe-swims
Super friendly
Shops
Jeanette Luxton
Tauranga - Dead Centre
Brenda Jones
TAURANGA - Riviera Climate, So. Pacific Beauty, Kiwi Cheer and 'All That Jazz'
Jim Korrison
Bountiful
Optimistic
Progressive
Margaret Maurice
SUN,SURF, SENSATIONAL. TAURANGA.
Colin Mckenney
SURF,SAND, SENSATIONAL. TAURANGA.
Colin Mckenney
Bev
Graeme Morrissey
Cedric Sutherland
Marion Chandler
Marion Chandler
Paddy
EH Clements
Beam me up Tauranga
Take
An
Urge
Relax
And
Never
Go
Away
Central Sun
TAURANGABYTES
Jeanette Nee
Where else!
David Reid
TOTALLY TERRIFIC TAURANGA
Margi Petersen
Tauranga...... paradise
Pauline Hetherington
Home of the sun and surf
Pauline Hetherington
Perfect paradise
Pauline Hetherington
22 comments
My suggestion - Rob
Posted on 18-01-2011 12:53 | By The author of this comment has been removed.
'Tauranga' Where the sun is never far away!
singing sisters
Posted on 18-01-2011 13:44 | By Kathryn
they dont give the idea of sun, surf and fun in any way but very sweet.
Tauranga All Year Round
Posted on 18-01-2011 14:03 | By Fun in the Sun
Firstly you need to decide what angle you wish to promote. We have plenty of visitors in summer so perhaps we need to promote the rest of the year. My suggestion: "TAURANGA ALL YEAR ROUND"
Slogan suggestion
Posted on 18-01-2011 14:23 | By Beachcomber
'Temptress Tauranga' - she has it all! Francie
Posted on 18-01-2011 14:51 | By Mellow
TAURANGA......... GATEWAY TO ROTORUA!
Slogan Idea!
Posted on 18-01-2011 14:56 | By Beachcomber
'Totally Tauranga ~ the gem of the Bay!' 'Tauranga Absolutely Beats the Rest, We are the Best!' 'Follow your Senses in Tauranga's Uniqueness!' 'Tauranga - the ultimate pamperer of body and soul!' Frances
My suggestion
Posted on 18-01-2011 15:01 | By Colleen Spiro
sensational sunshine, surf, scenery shopping
Tauranga - Bay WITH Plenty
Posted on 18-01-2011 15:40 | By burdy
Tauranga - Bay WITH Plenty
Slogan suggestions
Posted on 18-01-2011 22:08 | By Beachcomber
'Sit butt in casual, scenic, bountiful Tauranga & ponda!' 'Cheerful, beautiful, plentiful, wonderful! Tauranga is ful of it! Come and get it!'
Tauranga....near The Mount
Posted on 19-01-2011 10:23 | By RawPrawn
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Tauranga's Slogan by Derna
Posted on 19-01-2011 17:37 | By petebennett@xtra.co.nz
'THE MOUNT,SUN,SURF AND FUN'
slogan
Posted on 22-01-2011 14:58 | By Hoods
Like Marie Millars suggestion Live, Love the life. Another suggestion along same lines: Tauranga: Experience the Lifestyle By Julie Hood
Tauranga slogan
Posted on 25-01-2011 09:12 | By npollett
"Surf City" NZ's best lifestyle mix of beach and business. Suggest you keep the slogan simple, memorable and relevant to its intended audience to be successful (ie visitors VS locals?) to attract both tourism and valuable new business to the region but any slogan can also foster local pride
slogan for Tauranga
Posted on 26-01-2011 14:19 | By shearwaterbl
Here is a slogan suggestion: "Eat,Play and Stay in the Bay" or "Come Play and Stay in the Bay"
suggestion
Posted on 26-01-2011 20:26 | By happy
"TAURANGA-gateway to the ocean"
Slogan Idea
Posted on 27-01-2011 19:09 | By I_Spy
Tauranga - Our Twin Towers are still standing
slogan
Posted on 29-01-2011 07:08 | By whetu
tauranga "plenty in the bay" tauranga - a plentyful place "tempt me toe ragz"
Suggestion
Posted on 02-02-2011 09:25 | By diver1
Tauranga:- Where middle earth the meets the ocean!
Slogan
Posted on 02-02-2011 12:25 | By maddog
Retirement City
my suggestion
Posted on 02-02-2011 21:46 | By betts
Tauranga, to hot to handle
Slogan suggestion.
Posted on 03-02-2011 09:13 | By John Pope
Tauranga- Just doing it.
Slogan suggestions - Alan
Posted on 06-02-2011 17:01 | By alwen
Tauranga -Your place to Play Live longa in Tauranga
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