Entertainment

What’s On? Home Show & BOP Ooodle Club

Here we are - the first Sunday in May. For many, this weekend is about duck shooting, but for those of you who aren't as outdoorsy, there's plenty to do around... Read More

Sparks to fly on closing night

Baypark Family Speedway will see sparks, fireworks, and mud fly at its last event for the season. As well as the usual end-of-season $20,000 fireworks extravaganza... Read More

Marching through the streets

With colours flying and swords drawn, the Western Bay of Plenty Cadet Unit, New Zealand's largest Cadet Corps unit, celebrated its 20th birthday by marching the... Read More

A sparkle in his eye

I met Gary Sailey at one of Tauranga's Hindi celebrations. He saw me sitting alone among the large gathering of people and came over to say ‘hi', which is,... Read More

A champion for junior football

As the winter sports season gets underway The Weekend Sun speaks to one of the hundreds of local volunteers who help make children's sport possible in the Western... Read More

Cadet unit parades the streets

New Zealand cadets will be matching in unison across the Tauranga CBD in celebration of the unit's 20th birthday. More than 70 Western Bay of Plenty cadets, supported... Read More

Special piece presented at Te Puna Park

Te Puna Quarry Park has an all new look after being gifted a unique carving by a Tauranga artist. The new piece has been carved by Morris Wharekawa and is situated... Read More

Ponies with a purpose

Members from Tauranga's Riding for the Disabled are some of many to be spotlighted as part of a programme which aims to give exposure to the community's most valuable... Read More

The Army offensive needs ammo

It seems an unenviable and insurmountable task - ‘fighting poverty and social distress' and ‘transforming lives and reforming society' in New Zealand... Read More

Mount Everest climbers honoured

Participants who conquered the Mount Everest Challenge earlier this year have been honoured in a special celebration at Waipuna Hospice. The challenge required... Read More

A husband, a wife, and Mozart

He was the prince - a ballet dancer from the potato and onion patch of Pukekohe. She was the princess - beautiful and graceful and crafting her ballet skills at... Read More

The man, the mo, the mo-ssiah

They say a man's moustache says a thousand things about him, with none of them being anything good. And with that in mind, there's a new ‘mo-ssiah' for a... Read More