News

A cracker of a day

The weather forecast today is for a fine day with light winds. It's a three-clothing layer day today with a high of 20 and an overnight low of 11 degrees. Humidity... Read More

Friends call cops before fatal crash

Friends of a man killed after smashing head on into a concrete pillar had phoned police worried about their mate's state to drive. Alcohol is suspected to be a... Read More

Tauranga baker's pie award success

The wall of honour in Patrick Lam's new Taurikura Drive bakery shop is definitely a talking point judging by the number of people lining up at 9am to buy his pies. Patrick... Read More

Tauranga photographer's national honour

Tauranga photographer Paul Byrne has been awarded the highest distinction awarded to an individual member of the New Zealand Photographic Society. Paul, who is... Read More

Council looking at ways to reduce waste

Ōpōtiki district, like the rest of New Zealand, needs to reduce waste going to landfill and increase recycling, says the Ōpōtiki District Council. "The goal... Read More

More honours for BOP’s Dick Littlejohn

He's a former player, a former All Black manager and New Zealand Rugby Union councillor and probably, most notably, the New Zealand co-founder of the Rugby World... Read More

Holiday parks key to regional growth

Holiday parks are central to driving sustainable regional tourism growth, says Holiday Parks New Zealand, as statistics show holiday parks now host more than eight... Read More

Finding an ancestor from the Great War

It all started last September, when Tauranga resident Kym Johnson received a message via the ancestry website from Erin Foster-O'Riordan of Canada. 'Hi, my name... Read More

PHOTOS: Tauranga's Anzac Day

Hundreds turned out for the Anzac Day Civic Memorial Service, held at the cenotaph in Memorial Park from 9am. Tauranga Brass Inc and the Tauranga Civic Choir provided... Read More

Funding available for Tauranga’s needy

Applications are now open for community organisations to apply for funding from the Stewart Trust and Carruthers Trust. Funding received from the Stewart Trust... Read More

Bus carrying Anzac tourists catches fire

A busload of Kiwis and Australians on an Anzac tour of Turkey had to leap off their bus after it caught alight. "We were driving up a hill, then everything just... Read More

Urgent transfers for rescue helicopter

The Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter has been involved in two urgent transfers from Whakatane Hospital this week. On Monday at 9am the helicopter was dispatched... Read More