07:52am Thu 26 Apr, 2018
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
07:37am Thu 26 Apr, 2018
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
07:15am Thu 26 Apr, 2018
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
07:02am Thu 26 Apr, 2018
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
06:39am Thu 26 Apr, 2018
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
03:45pm Wed 25 Apr, 2018
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
03:00pm Wed 25 Apr, 2018
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
01:15pm Wed 25 Apr, 2018
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
12:00pm Wed 25 Apr, 2018
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
11:30am Wed 25 Apr, 2018
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
11:00am Wed 25 Apr, 2018
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
10:05am Wed 25 Apr, 2018
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