Two Bay of Plenty doctors have received recognition for their work teaching and mentoring the next generation of health professionals. Tauranga Hospital... Read More

On the brink of lockdown, Whakamarama‘s Billy ‘Mushroom' Roy launched Marama's Mushrooms, a business that sells grow-your-own oyster mushroom blocks... Read More

A Bay of Plenty Lions Club leader is eager to move away from the ‘male, pale and stale' stereotype. Margaret Gill, district governor for the Bay... Read More

There's a certain buzz in the rest home community around election time. This year it's a bit different with fewer candidates popping by and even the traditional... Read More

If you've got too many kids, farming them out is the key. Black, brown, white and mottled. All up there's 100 baby male goats waiting to be adopted. Animal... Read More

Life has thrown us a few curveballs this year. But for many children across the region, school closures, social restrictions and family job losses have impacted... Read More

Tauranga City Council is encouraging the public to share their ideas for a trial to test temporary changes to street layouts in The Mount. The main aim of the... Read More

Two Local Waihi teenagers have taken out top awards at the recent Blue Light Life Skills Camp. Bailey Cameron, 17, was awarded the ‘Overall Excellence Award'... Read More

Three previously unnamed roads in the Opotiki district now have identities - but not without some debate as to who is worthy of immortalisation in a road sign. Opotiki... Read More

Four friends in the Bay of Plenty have launched a start-up service in a bid to help New Zealand's struggling tourism industry. The service, named ‘Good... Read More

Urban street lighting across the Western Bay District are being converted to the more efficient and eco-friendly LED lights. The conversion of 1500 lights to... Read More

Cancelled weddings, a decline in business bookings, and postponed private functions - it's a fate many venues have had to face since lockdown. But for charities... Read More