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New Zealand Under 18 sevens teams named

The best emerging sevens talent from across the globe descends on Auckland next weekend for the Global Youth Sevens. The New Zealand Under 18 boys and girls... Read More

Santa Paws shines bright in Welcome Bay

An official handover of a Christmas tradition stretching back two decades has happened in Welcome Bay. New owners of Welcome Bay Vet Clinic, Dr Hannah Bain... Read More

Music sets the scene

The first people audiences see in Tauranga Repertory Theatre's production of Nell Gwynn aren't actors. In an unusual move, musicians are seated on stage for... Read More

Three Tauranga authors win Notable Book Awards

Three Tauranga authors have scored a hat trick, with all three winning Notable Book Awards. Rachel Weston, Susan Brocker and Angie Belcher were winners at... Read More

Backyard Ultra: Tauranga's new running event

A thrilling new race format has come to Tauranga for locals to try out and see how long they can last. Held at McLaren Falls Park on December 14, Rockys Backyard... Read More

Manu champs jump off Tauranga waterfront

Dust off your togs and perfect those bombs for the Tauranga Moana Manu Champs this Saturday, December 7 from 10.30am-4.30pm. For the first time, the annual... Read More

Tauranga’s Christmas in the Park returns

Tauranga's beloved Christmas in the Park event is back this year, bringing a day of fun, food, and festive spirit to Soper Reserve at Mount Maunganui on Saturday. But... Read More

Taste local, delicious summer morsels!

Now summer has arrived Tauranga Farmers Market is in full swing, bringing a vibrant selection of seasonal produce straight from the growers. 'Fresh, juicy... Read More

Pharmac funds new treatments

A breast cancer drug - which keeps the disease stable for up to four times longer than the previous treatment - will be publicly funded from next month, along... Read More

Waikato & BOP state highway works December

Here's to smoother travelling over the holiday season with people driving on a number of newly sealed roads! Contractors across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty... Read More

Brown onion 'hack': Prosecution warning issued

Supermarket shoppers using a 'brown onion hack” to reduce their grocery bills are being warned it is theft. One shopper, whom RNZ has agreed not... Read More

Hearing set for controversial worm farm expansion

A submissions hearing has been set for next week to help determine the expansion of an industrial scale worm farm on the outskirts of Kawerau, which has been... Read More