Entertainment

New Zealand celebrates 60 years of broadcasting

From turkeys in gumboots to ‘always blow on the pie', it's time to vote for your favourite NZ television moment. On Monday June 1, New Zealand celebrates... Read More

Breathing colour into Tauranga history

During the COVID-19 lockdown, local author and Tauranga Historical Society member Debbie McCauley noticed that MyHeritage was offering their colourisation tool... Read More

Covid-19 - Key developments in past 24 hours

Stuff reports that New Zealand may today be confirmed as one of the first countries in the world to eliminate all active Covid-19 cases. Life in general... Read More

Ready or not here comes Jan van der Ploeg

The Sumer Gallery is presenting ‘Ready or Not', an exhibition of new work by Dutch painter Jan van der Ploeg. This is his first solo exhibition with the... Read More

Four Lotto players share $1 million

Four Lotto players will be celebrating after each winning $250,000 with Lotto First Division in Saturday night's live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were... Read More

What‘s on - arts, church and music

Kia ora and morena and welcome to Sunday. It's the last day of May and already a warm start to winter on June 1. It's also the last day of NZ Music Month. ... Read More

The arts in Level 2

Creative, arty things are happening at Level 2. People can go and look at art again, with exhibitions popping back up all over the region. Things to see, hear... Read More

NZSO performs online with three famous violinists

Three of the world's best violinists will perform with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra over Queen's Birthday weekend in a series of streamed concerts. The... Read More

Whakatāne library staff & clients happy to be back

Bookworms are back in their element and browsing the stacks at the Whakatāne library. Te Kōputu, Whakatāne's library and exhibition centre, threw open... Read More

Binge-watching habits under research spotlight

We know that performing short bouts of activity regularly throughout the day can counter some of the risks that come with sitting for prolonged periods. But... Read More

Te Puke woman wins $1m on birthday

A Te Puke woman had a birthday to remember when she discovered that she had won $1 million with Lotto First Division. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous,... Read More

Three Lotto players share $1m

Three Lotto players from Tauranga and Auckland will be on cloud nine after each winning $333,333 with Lotto First Division in last night's live Lotto draw. A statement... Read More