She's had people gaping and guessing - who's the young horsewoman riding sidekick to Johnny, the city's famed horseman? Last week The Weekend Sun introduced... Read More

A film festival aimed at primary school children - and directed by a Tauranga 13-year-old - is on in the city during the school holidays. This year's Sunny... Read More

Powerco is trialling an innovative approach to managing trees next to its power lines - using a tree-trimming saw suspended below a helicopter. The energy... Read More

A group of Rotorua children are using science to prove whether the basis of the legendary love story of Hinemoa and Tūtānekai is true. They concluded it... Read More

A further $3 million of funding to Wairoa will allow Wairoa District Council to get on with cleaning up household waste and sediment left by last week's flooding,... Read More

Police are seeking the public's assistance to identify and locate two people who set a Mangakino house alight on Monday, June 24. "Around 1am, the pair started... Read More

A Government select committee has thrown its weight behind the Hauraki Gulf protection bill, providing for an additional 19 new protection areas across the... Read More

An addition to the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Harbourmaster fleet is already in action, following a blessing at the Whakatāne Wharf on Thursday, July... Read More

Murupara Refuse Transfer Station will start charging fees from January next year. Introducing fees has been among the most discussed changes to Whakatāne... Read More

A thief with a penchant for e-bikes, clothing and Calvin Klein underwear has been sent to prison with a message from the judge that this kind of offending... Read More

Good morning and welcome to Saturday and the school holidays. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira. MetService is forecasting... Read More

These July school holidays will be packed with things to do, with a whole range of free family events at Tauranga City Libraries, plus affordable family films... Read More