Entertainment

MasterChef winners visit Te Puke

Maketu winners of MasterChef New Zealand 2014 Kasey and Karena Bird will be painting Te Puke pink when they visit the township tomorrow. The ‘pink' sisters,... Read More

Masterful sisters soak up success

Cheers went up and celebrations got underway at a marae in the beachside town of Maketu last night as Karena and Kasey Bird were named winners of the inaugural Masterchef... Read More

Joe's musical motivation

A broken jaw and two missing teeth could mark the end to a music career for any brass musician, but not 24-year-old Tauranga-born Joe Thomas. Joe Thomas plays in... Read More

Sisters take on MasterChef final

The coveted MasterChef 2014 title may soon belong in the Bay of Plenty as two sisters from Maketu fight for the top spot in the television series' final tonight. Bec... Read More

Anzac song competition opens

With 2015 the centenary of the Gallipoli landings, Radio New Zealand Concert and Australia's ABC Classic FM are inviting Kiwi and Australian composers to submit... Read More

Maketu sisters make final two

Maketu sisters Karena and Kasey Bird are one step closer to winning MasterChef New Zealand 2014 after making it through to the final round of the competition. The... Read More

Repeat offender back in town

Heath Franklin is a comedian with many hats who has recently portrayed Bear Grylls, controversial Australian businessman and politician Clive Palmer, Steve Irwin... Read More

Barefoot quartet play tonight

Musical renditions of Mozart, Beethoven and Strauss flowed from a barefoot NZ String Quartet last night in Tauranga, with the group to play at the same venue tonight... Read More

Free Gate Pa concert tonight

Music from 1864 is set to flow from Huria Marae in Judea at 6pm tonight as another free public event unfolds to commemorate 150 years since the Battle of Gate Pa. Tonight's... Read More

Tauranga artist paints royals

A Tauranga spray paint artist is receiving big bids for artworks he created of the Duchess of Cambridge and baby Prince George, currently listed on TradeMe. Benjamin... Read More

Local radio gets a revamp

Tauranga Classic Hits presenter Will Johnston is giving up his daytime golf game to take on a new slot as part of a nationwide radio reshuffle. From April 28, Will,... Read More

Mount band tops iTunes

Mount Maunganui band Mosaic Music are celebrating after their new album went straight to the top of the New Zealand iTunes charts. You Surround hit No.1 on the... Read More