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Bay’s top musicians at FluroFest!

Sponsored Content Listen up youth! A fresh, free live music experience is coming to FluroFest 2026 this Sunday, October 18, from 1pm to 4pm at Memorial Park... Read More

Mount businesses look to a brighter summer

The arrival of the first cruise ship of the season brought a buzz to Pilot Bay this week, with Mount Maunganui businesses looking ahead to a summer of renewed... Read More

'Incredible' new Tauranga CBD library opens

He Puna Manawa, Tauranga's new library and community hub, is open. Hundreds gathered at dawn for the karakia and blessing of the first new building to open... Read More

Body recovered after car crashes into water

Family members organised divers to recover a loved one after a car crashed into Tauranga Harbour overnight. Senior Sergeant Roger Schreuder said divers organised... Read More

Tauranga photo club celebrates 70 years

What began as a small newspaper advertisement for photography enthusiasts in 1956 has grown into a 70-year success story for the Tauranga Photographic Society. Now,... Read More

A tribute to a Te Puke icon

Former Te Puke town crier and icon of the wider community Michael Jones died on October 8, aged 78. As a tribute to Jones, his community work and his family,... Read More

Colourful welcome to new community hub

The Community Hub itself is designed as a flexible space for community groups and commercial hire. It can accommodate up to about 100 people for presentations... Read More

'I could've died': Nina's road to recovery

A Pāpāmoa woman who crashed head-on into an oncoming motorhome at 100km/h in torrential rain more than three years ago says her life changed in an instant. The... Read More

Door-knocking MP stumbles across blaze

Four fire engines are responding to an industrial building fire in Tauranga, Fire and Emergency New Zealand says. Among the first on the scene was National... Read More

Cold snap and showers to linger across BOP

Bay of Plenty residents can expect a chilly end to the working week, with showers and cooler temperatures lingering across the region. In its latest weather... Read More

Domain LED upgrade hinges on $50k more funding

Paeroa Domain is set to receive cost-effective LEDs to light its fields and netball courts, though it depends on the council finding $50,700 in external funding. Hauraki... Read More

Police identify man who dies after SH2 crash

Police have released the name of the man who died following a crash on Takitimu Drive in Tauranga earlier this month. He was 48-year-old Warren Craig Cochrane,... Read More