Entertainment

Piano damage hits bad note

A Tauranga artist is hoping the city's streets remain filled with creative and free music despite one of the donated pianos being vandalised and vomited on. Nick... Read More

Unbroken spirits on show

A new exhibition of 30 paintings created by five women migrants - and 20 from overseas artists - showing their attempt to heal from domestic violence is now open... Read More

Creatives needed for festival

Time is running out for creative people to express their interest in participating in this year's NZ Garden and Art Festival in November. The biennial festival covers... Read More

No glow in gourmet hour

The ever-popular Gourmet Night Market is returning for an ‘off-the-grid' event this weekend in honour of Earth Hour. Earth Hour musician AliceSea will perform... Read More

Sounding out the classics

The first of Tauranga Musica's 2014 Concert Series is on this month, beginning with audience members being serenaded by the saxophone. Hanumi Saxophone Quartet is... Read More

Lusi dampens weekend events

Last minute cancellations and alterations for this weekend's events are flooding in as Tauranga braces itself for Tropical Cyclone Lusi's impending arrival. Meteorologists... Read More

Black Sticks prepare for Japanese

Fast and furious men's hockey at is finest rips into action tonight, as the Black Sticks and Japan do battle in the first of three tests at an upgraded Tauranga... Read More

Cameras roll on surf festival

It's lights, camera, action tonight for the surfing community as Mount Maunganui's big screen showcases surfing's best cinematography with the O'Neill Aotearoa Surf... Read More

Jazz to fill Tauranga streets

Tauranga music lovers will once again have the chance to tune their hearing to the sound of jazz, with the return of the longest-running jazz festival in the Southern... Read More

Piping hot bands wow crowds

Tauranga's second hosting of the National Pipe Band championships is being labelled faultless by organisers as 'perfect” weather conditions draw out the best... Read More

Hall project needs feedback

The Murupara community is being asked for feedback on a proposed shared-use approach that could help to deliver a new, purpose-built hall and gymnasium for the town. The... Read More

Paddlers hit Kawerau champs

Most of New Zealand's top canoe slalom paddlers will converge on the Kawerau's Tarawera River this Sunday for the North Island Canoe Slalom championships. Organisers... Read More