City Life

Investigations into Mount fire underway

Firefighters have spent the night dampening down hot spots of a palm kernel fire in Mount Maunganui. The blaze broke out near the Port of Tauranga's container... Read More

Some homes still without power in Tauranga

Some homes in Tauranga and Te Puke remain in the dark this morning. Last night, six suburbs across Tauranga were without power and some flights at Tauranga Airport... Read More

One more night for Totara St rail crossing

Totara Street is still closed for works between Hull Road and Kawaka Street from 5am on Saturday, May 11 until 6am on Monday, May 13. The road surface on the... Read More

Investigation into Nicholas Kahotea‘s death

The investigation into the death of Lance Corporal Nicholas Kahotea on Wednesday night continues. The SAS soldier has links to Tauranga Moana and... Read More

New Mural for Tauranga

Farmlands Tauranga has unveiled the latest Farmlands mural. Painted by award-winning artist Erika Pearce during the first week of May, this is the tenth mural... Read More

Budget 2019: More than 1,000 homeless to be housed

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford have announced today that Budget 2019 will turn around the lives of more... Read More

Discretionary income rises in Tauranga

Discretionary income in Tauranga has risen according to the PwC Competitive Cities report that has been released. Infrastructure New Zealand chief executive... Read More

What‘s on - markets, fun run and Mother’s Day

Kia ora and welcome to Sunday! It's also Mother's Day, and we had a lovely pink, orange and purple-hued sunrise this morning. The weather forecast is for showers... Read More

Preston Park honours Ngati Kahu

Those who remember the ‘mad bomber of Bethlehem' story 25 years ago will be pleased to know there's a happy chapter starting. In March 1990 Graham Preston... Read More

Dodgy ankle strengthens resolve

She has won a summer scholarship, a one week immersion at Rambert School - one of the world's most exclusive and prestigious dance schools in London. It has... Read More

Six join Tauranga Mayor in race for mayoralty

A dame, a former property developer, the great-great-grand daughter of the first Māori king, the deputy mayor, a past city councillor, and a high-profile businessman... Read More

Moon and Jupiter viewing tonight at observatory

The Tauranga Observatory are planning to have a viewing on tonight for people who would like to see the Moon and Jupiter through their telescopes. 'We are setting... Read More