City Life

Emergency prank calls could mean prison time

False alarm calls to a Bay of Plenty volunteer fire brigade is prompting a reminder to the public about the misuse of a telephone. The Matata Volunteer Fire Brigade... Read More

Koningsdag – the Kings’ Birthday

Warmly welcomed in to the monthly gathering of the Tauranga Dutch friendship group, I find myself surrounded by laughter and conversational buzz. This cosy, warm,... Read More

Opotiki Council releases Annual Plan document

Ōpōtiki District Council has released an information document on the 2019-20 Annual Plan Your assets, your community, your future - our plan in action. The... Read More

What‘s on - Oropi Sunday market, kayaks and swaps

Kia ora and welcome to Sunday! The weather forecast is for cloudy periods, with showers developing in the afternoon and a chance of it turning heavy with thunderstorms.... Read More

The road that wasn’t there

In New Zealand there are some 56,000 kilometres of paper roads - streets and towns that exist only on surveyors' maps. Or do they? Ralph McCubbin Howell has written... Read More

Hanger, the voice of the community

A former Weekend Sun columnist, David Hanger, passed away on April 14, aged 88. Tauranga City Councillor and friend of David, Murray Guy, had a great relationship... Read More

New partnership to deliver significant benefits

The new TECT / Acorn partnership, that sees the Acorn Foundation being listed as one of three options where consumers can target their TECT rebate, has been described... Read More

Jude and Keegan enlivening Tauranga entertainment

I caught up with Jude de Silva and Keegan Millar at Totara St, where Keegan had just helped pack in for a gig later that evening. Across town they are running... Read More

Villainy rocking at Totara Street

Villainy lead singer Neill Fraser will be welcomed home when the New Zealand rock band play in Mount Maunganui on July 26 as part of their New Zealand tour. The... Read More

What‘s on - fishing, speedway, punk and powerboats

Kia ora and welcome to Saturday! The weather forecast is for cloudy periods, with a northwest developing in the afternoon. It's a one-clothing layer day with... Read More

Well-travelled songstress to play in the Bay

From the bush clad hills of the wild west of Auckland come Catherine Tunks -with her Bona Fide Band - a well travelled songstress with her raggle taggle gang of... Read More

Raising the flags

'And when we have two or three minutes silence we can lower the flag to half mast and pay our respects” Mick, 70, who served in the Royal Navy for 12 years... Read More