Entertainment
11:38am Tue 16 Dec, 2014
Bikinis, bods and beauties will be the centre of attention this New Year's Eve when the annual ZM Miss Mount Maunganui competition returns. Registrations are now... Read More
03:46pm Mon 15 Dec, 2014
The 2014 Kokomo Christmas Party was a non-stop tour de force of brilliant local music down at the Mauao Performing Arts Centre over the weekend. Kokomo frontman... Read More
12:47pm Sun 14 Dec, 2014
On December 25, 1814, in the Bay of Islands Anglican cleric Samuel Marsden conducted the first Christian service ever held on New Zealand soil. The Change Point's... Read More
03:00pm Sat 13 Dec, 2014
On Christmas Day in homes all across Tauranga children will wake up, race to the living room and excitedly starting opening presents. But the sad reality is that... Read More
02:16pm Sat 13 Dec, 2014
‘Abstract energy crafts a place with a gentle breeze, a lapping tide, a beautiful bay with rolling hills, calms an uncoiling mind.' These lyrics are from the... Read More
11:15am Fri 12 Dec, 2014
When the fire truck siren starts ringing all of Tairua's children will be singing because here comes Santa Claus this Saturday. For nearly two-decades Santa on... Read More
10:27am Fri 12 Dec, 2014
Local craft beer and wine has kept its place at this year's Christmas in the Park event after the Tauranga District Licensing Committee ruled in the organisers favour... Read More
10:06am Fri 12 Dec, 2014
When Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy first appeared in 1983, the scruffy black dog with a knack for a rhyme instantly captured readers' hearts and minds. The... Read More
03:02pm Wed 10 Dec, 2014
Famous Danish author Hans Christian Anderson once said: 'where words fail, music speaks”. The ‘Songs for the Mountain' album launch concert will be held... Read More
02:25pm Wed 10 Dec, 2014
Budding photographers are being encouraged to get snapping around the Eastern Bay. Local artist Andrea Cooper and local author/illustrator Nikki Slade Robinson have... Read More
08:13am Wed 10 Dec, 2014
Josh Durning may be only 15, but he's already accomplished more than most guitarists twice his age can only dream about. Since picking up the guitar five years... Read More
09:12am Tue 09 Dec, 2014
A workshop currently being developed for early next year will lead into work on an Arts Strategy for the Coromandel. Recently the Thames Coromandel District Council... Read More
05-Nov 18:00
Western Bay weighs charges for granny flats
05-Nov 17:00
Man suffers life-altering injuries in Mount attack
05-Nov 15:00
BoP set for summer-like heat as temperatures soar
05-Nov 11:55
Man charged with arson after car fire
05-Nov 11:41
Bay of Plenty Lotto player wins nearly $34k
05-Nov 10:49
Voter access concerns after ramp door locked
05-Nov 08:48
Car ends up off road in Ōhauiti, house undamaged
05-Nov 08:30
Heavy traffic snarls Hewletts Rd commuters
05-Nov 08:00
Bay homes offer a retirement alternative
05-Nov 07:00
Resident says shelterbelt is reducing visibility
05-Nov 06:00
SPCA renews fireworks ban call as Guy Fawkes nears
04-Nov 18:00
BOP fisherman receives international recognition
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