City Life

Filming seaweed foraging

Filmmakers Antoinette Wilson and Jordan Osmond have been busy making short documentaries about permaculture, food forests and sustainable living. When I first... Read More

KiwiBuild to reveal Tauranga developments

KiwiBuild are announcing their first homes in Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty on Wednesday in Omokoroa. Representatives of KiwiBuild, Classic Builders, Members... Read More

Whakatane swordfighters taking on the world

Korean Sword Martial Artists from the Bay of Plenty are heading to South Korea to represent New Zealand at World Mulimpia in July. Whakatane Haidong Gumdo Incorporated... Read More

Power restored to Bethlehem homes

UPDATED: Power has now been restored to homes in Bethlehem. More than 3000 properties were affected by this afternoon short power outage. Power went off around... Read More

Birds delay beach project

A new beach is appearing at Kulim Park, one truck load at a time. Thousands of cubic metres of sand is being trucked in and spread out along the waterline to... Read More

Couple fighting for son‘s quality of life

Regan and Tania Woodmass only have one wish in the world; for Pharmac to fund Spinraza, a drug allowing spinal muscular atrophy patients to regain muscular... Read More

VFX guru to speak at green screen film event

Ex-Weta Workshop Visual Effects guru Leon Thomas will be guest speaker at an industry networking night in Tauranga tonight. Bay of Plenty Film will be holding... Read More

77 per cent of crime unreported

The largest-ever crime survey has found that most crime is unreported and much is suffered by few. But acting Prime Minister Winston Peters has cast doubt over... Read More

Global ice cream giant buys Tip Top

New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has confirmed the sale of its Tip Top brand to global ice cream giant Froneri for $380 million. Word of the deal got out... Read More

Musicians come together for the Galilee Mission

A fundraising concert is taking place at St. Andrews Church in Mount Maunganui for the Galilee Mission on May 18 at 2pm. United Seafarers' Mission Port of Tauranga... Read More

Solid operating result for Trustpower

Competitive retail offerings and the consistency of generation strategies have contributed to a solid result for Trustpower for the year ended 31 March 2019, off... Read More

Police unaware of dubious door-knocking activity

Police are saying they have had no reports of suspicous activity following a post on Facebook. The post warns members of the community not to answer their door... Read More