Racing Tauranga is gearing up for an exciting summer season, with more than $1.3 million in prize money set to be distributed to horse racing connections over... Read More

Plans to spend $436,500 improving Mitchell Park has split councillors with seven supporting the project and three opposed. Accessible toilets, a storage facility,... Read More

New Zealand police welcome seven patrol dog teams fresh from their graduation today at the Police Dog Training Centre at Trentham. The handlers and their... Read More

Update, 4.30pm: One person is missing after a vehicle crashed into a Bay of Plenty river this morning. Emergency services were alerted that a vehicle had... Read More

The World Tennis Tour will return to Pāpāmoa from 16-22 December. Now in its third year, the EVES Open has attracted some of the best up and coming tennis... Read More

Margaret 'Maggie” Dalziel, a resident of Mount Maunganui and member of Triathlon Tauranga, is set to represent New Zealand at the 2024 World Triathlon... Read More

Huge numbers of people are applying to join New Zealand Police, as a new recruitment campaign and changes to application criteria help to stimulate growing interest. Applications... Read More

Census data has revealed one in 20 New Zealand adults identify as LGBTIQ+ - or part of the rainbow communities. For the first time ever, the 2023 Census collected... Read More

It came out of the blue, leaving one Mount Maunganui family in the dark. Now Ella Weatherall, a local lifeguard and teenager at Mount Maunganui College,... Read More

Forget boring brushes; Brookfield resident Abigail Perano is proving that quirky household items like bubble wrap, Duplo blocks and pipe cleaners along with... Read More

Monday, 5 August 1957, at 6.30pm, was the date and time Rex Cotter, 85, a volunteer firefighter, started his 60 years of service. 'I did 30 years in Tīrau,... Read More

According to CoreLogic's hedonic Home Value Index, Tauranga's house prices decreased by 0.3 per cent in September despite falling interest rates. The latest home... Read More