City Life
02:00pm Sat 31 Jan, 2026
The Weekend Sun is running a series of eight ‘Summer Smart' stories with our good friend Elfie the Circus Elf helping us to keep safe and healthy these... Read More
12:00pm Sat 31 Jan, 2026
Everyday Western Bay of Plenty people can now get support to make their own meaningful difference in their community via a new fund being run by the Acorn Foundation. The... Read More
10:00am Sat 31 Jan, 2026
A community care centre has been set up in central Mount Maunganui to support those grieving after the fatal landslides in the Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga... Read More
10:00am Sat 31 Jan, 2026
Forget Egypt, Katikati is the place to be next month if you want to enjoy some creative outdoors fun constructing scarecrows - with two separate competitions... Read More
09:00am Sat 31 Jan, 2026
Mount Maunganui's aviation museum this week took possession of a rare jet which it plans to use to restore another of the same aircraft already in the hangar. A... Read More
09:00am Sat 31 Jan, 2026
The Mount Maunganui RSA Chess Club will celebrate a major milestone next month by hosting its 20th one-day national-level chess tournament. The Bay of Plenty... Read More
06:00am Sat 31 Jan, 2026
The Mount Maunganui landslide tragedy has taken lives, shattered families, and had a profound effect on locals and visitors. NZME journalist and Mount local... Read More
08:00pm Fri 30 Jan, 2026
Fine weather and 'exceptional efforts” by contractors has seen State Highway 25 between Whangamatā and Whiritoa reopen this morning, NZ Transport... Read More
04:47pm Fri 30 Jan, 2026
The recovery operation at Mount Maunganui is now entering into week two after the deadly landslide at Mt Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park. So far, three of... Read More
01:32pm Fri 30 Jan, 2026
The remains of Morrinsville woman Lisa Anne Maclennan have been formally identified in an identification hearing. The 50-year-old, who was the literacy... Read More
01:28pm Fri 30 Jan, 2026
Lifeguards and emergency service helpers have been quickly removing rescue equipment from the Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service building this morning. Reporters... Read More
11:00am Fri 30 Jan, 2026
Road crews will be preparing a temporary asphalt surface for the section of State Highway 2 Matatā to Edgecumbe damaged by last week's weather events. The... Read More
31-Jan 14:00
Summer Smarts #8: Beating the holiday traffic
31-Jan 12:00
New funds let locals shape their own communities
31-Jan 10:00
Community centre opens as Bay mourns deaths
31-Jan 10:00
Scarecrow competitions sprout in Katikati
31-Jan 09:00
Rare jet lands for restoration project
31-Jan 09:00
Chess tournament turns 20
31-Jan 06:00
Mount tragedy: Loss, grief and coming together
30-Jan 20:00
What SH25 drivers need to know this weekend
30-Jan 16:47
Mount slowly reopens as recovery continues
30-Jan 15:59
RSE worker pleads not guilty to BOP orchard murder
30-Jan 15:30
Big weekend in-store for Katikati!
30-Jan 13:32
Mount landslide: Third victim formally identified
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