Entertainment

Getaway from winter with books

Is the winter weather getting to you? Are you yearning for a getaway? If the mind is willing, but the budget isn't, why not treat yourself to a holiday of the imagination? Registrations... Read More

Embracing te reo Maori

Residents are being encouraged to add a touch of te reo to their vocabulary as part of the nation's Maori Language Week Acknowledged since 1975, the week-long event... Read More

Legacy wins Supreme Award

Passion and creativity took centre stage at the CreationFest gala awards show at the historic Blue Baths in Rotorua overnight. Supreme award winner, Ross Dunn, on... Read More

Ladi6 coming to town

Ladi6 and Team Dynamite will be playing Brewers Bar in Mount Maunganui on August 2 and SunLive has two double passes to giveaway. The Tauranga show will be the second... Read More

Walker to release Maori single

Mount Maunganui-raised Stan Walker is releasing his next single in Maori to celebrate New Zealand Maori Language Week. The theme for the week, starting next Monday,... Read More

New peninsula rally gears up

The newest event on the national rally calendar - set to be based in Whitianga on August 23 - will officially be known as the VINZ Gold Rush Rally of Coromandel. The... Read More

Father’s legacy on the rise

Three years after Tauranga man Brad Milne's death, an annual memorial concert in his name to raise awareness of depression is stepping up a gear with comedian Mike... Read More

Travel winner Aussie bound

Greece and Vietnam are on the agenda for Tauranga woman Jan Robinson after she won $10,000 worth of Air New Zealand travel from Noel Leeming. Jan entered into the... Read More

Greerton skies to light up

Night skies over Greerton will be awash with bright lights tomorrow when the free annual winter IlluminArt Festival returns. From 6pm Greerton Village Square will... Read More

Photo exhibition at airport

A cutting edge photography exhibition by award-winning New Zealand photographers has landed at Rotorua International Airport. The exhibition has 170 pieces from... Read More

Cheer teams' leaping success

Bay Twisters cheerleaders are cheering louder than ever after receiving a number of medals, including one for the best tumbling sequence, at their very first major... Read More

Bronze for Beethoven performance

Mount Maunganui College students are heading into the school holidays as third place winners of the ASB 2014 Stage Challenge and J Rock competition. Mount Maunganui... Read More