City Life

Bay girls smash NZ athletics record

Three Tauranga girls with a Palmerston North team-mate have smashed a New Zealand record in the Youth Women's Grade via a new 4x100mevent at the annual New Zealand... Read More

What's on Today? Cricket

Cricket-fans can enjoy some swinging action today as the SkyCity Northern Knights set Mount Maunganui alight with sharp bowling and swashbuckling boundaries in one... Read More

Bushwalker identity still a mystery

Police working to identify the body of a man found on a walking track near Tairua yesterday are conducting forensic examinations to try and identify him after appeals... Read More

A decade of Western Bay heat

With the heat always on for the Western Bay Moana Rural Fire Authority during the busy summer period, this January its board, principal fire officer and volunteer... Read More

Coke Loves Summer coming to Mount

Mount Maunganui's Main Beach will sport some of the latest popular stars from ‘The X Factor NZ' this summer when the Coke Loves Summer tour arrives tomorrow. Benny... Read More

Woman named after pool tragedy

The 41-year-old Palmerston North woman who died after being rescued from a Greerton motel pool on December 31 has been named as Catherine Michell Hintz. Western... Read More

Sharing one's story with the world

Book-lovers around the globe are reading a Tauranga child cancer survivor's tale of beating the odds, following her inspirational story being published worldwide. Printed... Read More

Police nab alleged beach flasher

Waikato Police say the prompt, accurate relaying of information by victims has helped them apprehend a man indecently exposing himself to women near Cooks Beach. Sergeant... Read More

Mount swells to farewell 2013

The annual tradition of thousands of young people celebrating New Year's Eve at the Mount was joined by families this time round, as a crowd of 50,000 of all ages... Read More

Good vibes at Mount Vibes

Busy cleaning up today, organisers of last night's inaugural Mount Vibes Festival are on a high with the sell-out 6000 ticket event seeing no arrests and a smooth... Read More

Fireworks cause two Bay fires

Fireworks are thought to be the cause of two small fires in the Bay of Plenty overnight, which saw three brigades sent to put them out. Katikati Fire brigade was... Read More

What's on Today? Enjoy Bay weather

Bay of Plenty residents and holidaymakers are encouraged to enjoy the warm sunshine today - the first day of 2014 - with it set to be short-lived. Metservice Media... Read More