News

Discover delicious ‘gold’ at Mount Maunganui

A piece of chocolate a day keeps the doctor away, or if you're chocolate connoisseur Glenn Yeatman - make that a cheeky three pieces! With the Flavours of Plenty... Read More

Tauranga‘s premier racing and fashion to dazzle

Nothing beats clear skies on a race day morning and Racing Tauranga is looking forward to a great day's racing at the Bayleys International Raceday at Tauranga... Read More

Highway works for the rest of March

With some renewal activities wrapping up at the end of the month, contractors are on a final push to complete as much work as weather and time allows. Night-time... Read More

Rocket Lab successfully launches 35th Electron

Rocket Lab has successfully launched its 35th Electron rocket from Mahia, New Zealand, deploying two multi-spectral Gen-2 satellites to low Earth orbit for BlackSky... Read More

What‘s on - superheroes, Armageddon and racing

Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira. It's a fine sunny day across the Bay of Plenty,... Read More

Marked swim lane a ‘must’ for Pilot Bay

It's an iconic spot of Mount Maunganui with calm water, picturesque views, and a perfect place to take a dip and get some water sport action. Yet some swimmers... Read More

Sock puppets bring joy to Bay children in need

A Tauranga service group is turning a classic children's craft into a support project - and it's inviting members of the public to join in next Tuesday night. Members... Read More

Learning personal resilience and volunteering

About 40 keen volunteers and potential volunteers have turned out to learn about building their personal resilience and opportunities to share their skills in... Read More

Classic early autumn weather for NZ

Westerlies for lower New Zealand will give way to a cold change by early next week, especially Tuesday. This is according to the latest forecast from WeatherWatch.co.nz... Read More

Census teacher’s toolkit winners announced

A programme to build awareness of the 2023 Census with school children resulted in 1260 schools and 1530 classrooms registering to take part, says Stats NZ. The... Read More

Secondary school teachers to strike next week

Thousands of secondary and area school teachers are to strike next week after members of the Post Primary Teachers Association voted in favour of more industrial... Read More

Orchid oracles and beautiful blooms

With 200 years combined knowledge of orchids, what better place to flower a new hobby than at the Bay of Plenty Orchid Society Annual Show? Kevin Davey is part... Read More