City Life

Olympic love search goes viral

A Te Puke woman competing at the Winter Olympics is capturing worldwide attention after posting tweets about her search for an Olympic love interest at Russia's... Read More

Crash baby dies

A baby injured in a serious head-on collision involving a truck and a car at Thornton, near Whakatane, has died at Auckland's Starship Hospital this morning. The... Read More

Water skier breaks arm

A Tauranga teenager is nursing a broken arm in Rotorua Hospital following a water skiing accident on Lake Tarawera. The Rotorua-based BayTrust Rescue Helicopter... Read More

Beachfront festival for all

The Beachfront Festival bringing festivities to the seaside Papamoa Beach community is going ahead today following yesterday's postponement. Families enjoy the Beachfront... Read More

Festival beach day out

Festival flavour will be introduced to the seaside Papamoa Beach community with the Beach Front Festival tomorrow. The festival is a collaboration between the well-known... Read More

Tubs full of racing

With plugs and helmets firmly in place, bath tub racers will sprint across Tauranga Harbour in Bowentown at speeds of up to 40km/h at the annual 2014 Bowentown Bath... Read More

Tauranga loses Jinty

Tauranga has lost one of its most well-known and well-respected historians, with the death of Jinty Rorke. Husband David Rorke confirmed Jinty, aged 71, passed away... Read More

Skinned dog heals up

A Tauranga woman is happy her pet dog has made a full recovery after the 3.5kg pomeranian was 'basically skinned” by a large German shepherd. Karen Peters... Read More

Garage fire causes road-block

Fire crews are blocking off a section of Brookfield Terrace as they tend to a fire in a garage at a home on the street. A reporter at the scene says three fire appliances... Read More

People pack Papamoa fair

Lifting weather and early punters is seeing Papamoa's Waitangi Day Community Fair turning out to be a stunner - and the sky-high action is not on for another hour... Read More

Full rolls a ‘constant trend’

Full timetables are becoming a 'constant trend” for Tauranga secondary schools - with the new school year seeing rolls filling up fast. One Tauranga high school... Read More

Katikati enhancements begin

Work has begun on Katikati's Town Centre Development enhancements, which community board chairman Sam Dunlop believes will help draw back boutique retail to fill... Read More