Entertainment

Bay Dreams full line-up announced

Next year's Bay Dreams music festival has got even more gargantuan with the third and final line-up announcement released on Wednesday. US hip-hop star Yelawolf,... Read More

Jordi embracing opportunity

It's those opportunities you're not looking for which end up being the most rewarding, just ask Rotorua's Jordi Webber. These past four years have been a bit of... Read More

A Blackout at Totara Street

The Bay's premier music event for 14 to 18-year-olds is returning to Mount Maunganui this weekend. Bring The Noize is proud to present Blackout which is hitting... Read More

Goldfields heritage bid fails

Goldfield's Railway has been unsuccessful in obtaining the ex-Newmarket signal box building. According to KiwiRail, another rail heritage group obtained the historic... Read More

Swerving through the life’s Checaine

After spending the cold winter months locked away in a studio, Hamilton rockers Checaine are setting themselves free and hitting the road. The progressive hard... Read More

Blasts from the past

Tauranga's being treated to some real 1960's music nostalgia over the summer. First British beat legends The Troggs will play Totara Street in December. 'It's been... Read More

Mountain film festival returns

An inspirational film festival that'll have your heart climbing every mountain and fording every stream is making a triumphant return to Tauranga. The 2016 Tauranga... Read More

Bookworms about to surface

'I am no expert.” But Glenn Pettit has a gut instinct about books. 'Knowledge accumulated from being a book lover all my life I suppose.” He can sniff... Read More

Musical salute to Mario

'I sing each word as though it were my last on earth.” They're the famously quoted words of the late beloved tenor Mario Lanza. New Zealand broadcaster and... Read More

A fantastical paradoxical festival

Tauranga's newest festival will arrive on the scene in stunning fashion by hosting the most extensive collection of Bansky works in the southern hemisphere. Tauranga... Read More

Glitz, glam, and feather boas

Ladies grab your feather boas, pearls and fringed frocks, gents pull on your pinstripes and suspenders - Tauranga's young professionals are invited to step back... Read More

Clivias on show at quarry park

Tauranga's annual clivia show has a new location this Sunday - at Te Puna Quarry Park -offering admirers a four-hour window into the world of growing them. 'I've... Read More