Education

Students to get fare-free bus rides for 2020

As students around the Bay are heading back to school, parents will be pleased to know students travelling on Bayhopper buses will receive free fares through a... Read More

Reaching high speeds at only 16

He's been racing cars in all categories of motorsport before he was able to drive on the road. Tauranga-born teen Callum Hedge officially got his licence to... Read More

What‘s on - snooker, A&P show, beach volleyball

Kia ora and welcome to Saturday. He ua matou i te po whakamutunga. He pai mo te kari. Some cloudy periods with a chance of a shower are expected today. Northerwesterlies... Read More

Living with one of life’s quirks

Ilma Shergold, the grandmother, is younger than her grandsons. Go figure. The boys are aged 25,26 and 30, or thereabouts, and Ilma, the grandmother, is only just... Read More

Everyone encouraged to get behind internet safety

Celebrities, politicians, business and school are getting involved in Safer Internet Day 2020. The day is an international event on February 11 aimed at encouraging... Read More

Mr G’s artwork embodies the spirit of Waitangi Day

This year, Waitangi Day holds special significance for Tauranga street artist Graham Hoete, better known as Mr G. He's spent most of the day working on the last... Read More

Two donated vans help Bay students

Vans donated to a Tauranga school is kicking 2020 into gear for its students. Tauranga Special School teacher Jo Crean says two Ford vans were donated to the... Read More

Young people ask for social media safeguards

Young people recognise the dangers of social media and are asking for safeguards to be put in place to protect them - including having its safe use taught in schools... Read More

Alleviating back to school costs in Tauranga

Some Tauranga schools are reducing back to school cost for families in hardship, an effort to get learning underway immediately as term-one kicks off. Gate... Read More

The Lion and Tusk Museum

Roger Mabbett was driving along Portside Drive a few months before Christmas when he noticed a small sign on the side of the road. Puzzled, he went to check... Read More

A ‘Gooney Bird’ flapping over BOP

It is as summer as the sound of cicadas, as summer as the wash of another lazy wave on the Tay Street Beach. This summer sound is the rumble of ZK-AWP - one gracious... Read More

Back to school costs hits families in hardship

KidsCan is taking 47 schools off their waiting list for the start of term one, in response to 'heartbreaking” survey findings. Now, they are supporting... Read More