City Life

Fishing ‘hots up’ in Rotorua

The fishing at Lake Rotorua stream mouths is firing for anglers as trout congregate at the cool water coming out of the streams. Fish & Game officer Mark Sherburn... Read More

Twin cyclones approaching

Tropical cyclones Tatiana and Winston are not expected to remain cyclones long enough to be any major threat to New Zealand, but they will definitely be noticed. Tropical... Read More

Black Sticks in Tauranga

The NZ Black Sticks Men will play Malaysia in a four test series at the Tauranga Hockey Centre next month. Blacksticks men play in Tauranga next month> Photo:Tga... Read More

What's on - gypsy fair

What's on Today: The gypsy fair at Memorial Park, 9am-5pm. A perfect day for the fair, a bit of cloud so it's not too hot while you check out the wares at New Zealand's... Read More

Fluoride decision reversed

A decision made in January by the Whakatane District Council to stop adding fluoride to the Whakatane and Ohope water supplies has now been revoked. The district... Read More

Dawn service cancelled

The Waitangi Day Dawn Service at Hopukiore (Mount Drury) is cancelled because of the weather. Tauranga city council staff made the call to cancel the open air service... Read More

Representatives racing ahead

Surf sport athletes from around the country battled it out for top honours in the Mount Maunganui waves at today's inaugural Representative Challenge events. The... Read More

Star pianist to play Baycourt

Prolific and treasured Australian concert pianist David Helfgott will be performing a special one-off concert in Tauranga next month. One of only two New Zealand... Read More

Mount reigns at Eastern Champs

No-one could stop the rampant Mount Maunganui team taking out the club points title at the Eastern Regional surf lifesaving championships yesterday at Mount Maunganui,... Read More

Heating before health

Are some New Zealanders making drastic personal sacrifices just to pay their power bills? A nationwide survey suggests 45 per cent of those surveyed are skimping... Read More

Air show star in action

One of the world's few two seater Spitfire aircraft arrived early for the weekend airshow, showing what only it and few other Spitfires can do - take people for... Read More

Tunnellers to be remembered today

A 7.5 metre tall sculpture and memorial wall will be dedicated to the men of the New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company in Waihi today. Organised by Waihi Heritage... Read More