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Helping aspiring netballers score their goals

The ANZ Premiership is back for a second season and ANZ is asking what Bay of Plenty netball fans and supporters need to achieve their netball aspirations. The... Read More

What’s On? Escape Festival

Good morning, SunLive readers, and say hello to June, aka Winter 2018. It's also Queen's Birthday Weekend, which is a great opportunity to get away. If you've... Read More

Help the mission to help the seamen

They are the guardian angels of all merchant sailors on the high seas. They are the Mission to Seafarers - a Christian charity serving the world's 1.5 million-plus... Read More

Journey around a colourful brick world

Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was Ryan McNaught's LEGO masterpiece. In fact his display took 4,944 hours and over seven tonnes of LEGO bricks to build. Known... Read More

When a kingdom is a caravan

Lyn Haines is an unfortunate statistic and a Housing New Zealand priority. She's been subsisting in 'a tin can” as she calls it - a 3.3 square metre caravan... Read More

Wasps named to play Harlequins

The Bay of Plenty Wasps side has been named fixture against the Waikato Harlequins for Queen's Birthday Weekend. Bay of Plenty's Rodney Gibbs will take the reins... Read More

Burling’s exploits headed to free-to-air TV

Tauranga's Peter Burling's efforts to retain the Auld Mug in 2021 will be available live on all New Zealanders' TV screens free-to-air. State-owned broadcaster... Read More

Collision in Brookfield carpark

Two cars have crashed at Brookfield New World on 89 Bellevue Road. Police were called at 11.40am to the head on collision. "There are no reports of injuries-... Read More

Busy day for rescue helicopters

Back-to-back emergency transport missions for the TrustPower TECT Rescue Helicopter yesterday kept the flight crews busy. The first mission was to transport... Read More

Getting on board with digital

A pilot project aimed at helping the Bay of Plenty bring digital technology into its organisations is being hailed a success. The Digital Engagement Programme... Read More

15th Avenue improvements to begin this year

The Tauranga City Council is proposing to stage a series of improvements and road-widening along 15th Avenue that will eventually create space for more people... Read More

Chorus cabinets get beautified

Chorus recently ran a competition in the Bay of Plenty, calling for local artists to submit designs to beautify its otherwise drab telecommunications cabinets. These... Read More