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Shedding positive light on mental health

With suicide rates in New Zealand at an all-time high and Mental Health becoming more of a major issue, Tauranga woman Rachelle Hawes is creating an App entitled... Read More

U-23s book ticket to Tokyo

New Zealand will now have two football teams at the Olympic Games next year after the U-23 men's national team joined the Football Ferns in booking a ticket to... Read More

Joe Ravouvou hat-trick helps BOP dispatch Manawatu

A hat-trick to Joe Ravouvou has helped Bay of Plenty to a big win over Manawatu, and in the process secured them a home semifinal in the Mitre 10 Cup championship... Read More

Blazing century sets Bay of Plenty Cup alight

Bayleys Central Indians skipper Stephen Nicholls set the Bay of Plenty Cup alight, on the opening day of the 2012/2020 cricket season, blasting an unbeaten 126... Read More

Changeable spring pattern continues

The MetService forecasted some changeable weather this past week. 'There were a few fronts which brought severe weather to start the school holidays,”... Read More

Astro-photographer to visit Tauranga

Are you a stargazer or aspiring night photographer? The founder of ‘The World at Night' Babak A. Tafreshi will be speaking in Tauranga this coming Friday... Read More

Tauranga cleans up at synchronised swimming champs

It was touch and go whether Tauranga Synchro's athletes would fit all their medals and trophies into their luggage on their way back from Dunedin earlier this... Read More

What‘s on - surf courses, dachshunds and a ramble

Kia ora and welcome to Saturday. Today we are expecting cloudy periods and a few showers in the early morning and again in the evening. Also northeast breezes.... Read More

Bay of Plenty paradise for cruise ship passengers

With cruise season about to begin, Kiwifruit Country Tours owner Graeme Crossman is getting ready to welcome thousands of cruise ship passengers to his patch of... Read More

Struggles with rare skin condition

Ty Stoddard's rare skin condition leaves him sleep-deprived, emotionally drained and in chronic pain. The Tauranga dad, who has linear psoriasis, is seeking... Read More

Tauranga Lotto player wins $24,346

There will be celebrations today for two lucky players in the Bay of Plenty who won thousands in Saturday night's live Lotto draw. A player from Tauranga has... Read More

Roaring for books and jigsaws

Not the sort of book you would flick through on the pillow before nodding off. But for someone compiling a local history on the Canterbury provincial district,... Read More