Entertainment

Arts festival launches

Crowds gathered at Baycourt last night to celebrate the launch of this year's Tauranga Arts Festival. On from October 24 to November 3 the festival is 10 days and... Read More

Family film premiere

An independent film rapidly gaining Kiwi cult status as it sweeps the nation will premiere in Tauranga tomorrow night. ‘Our Green Roadie', a documentary made... Read More

Almighty Johnsons' Mount debut

The episode of the television series The Almighty Johnsons filmed in Tauranga earlier this year will go to air on TV3 tomorrow night. The Tauranga filing focusses... Read More

Couple seek mid-air wedding

One Tauranga couple could be getting married 38,000 feet off the ground on the way to Fiji - all with a little help from the public. Web IT workers Andrew Ford and... Read More

Big Day Out line-up announced

After a two year hiatus the Big Day Out has announced three international acts to headline the event's return at Western Springs in January. Rock legends Pearl Jam... Read More

What's on Today? Performing arts

Performers from across the North Island will take to the stage today for the Tauranga Festival of Performing Arts. Piano is one of the categories young performers... Read More

Junior crew takes on world's best

A group of Bay of Plenty dancers are making history as the first junior crew from the region to perform on the biggest stage in Las Vegas to take on the world's... Read More

Mount students win Stage Challenge

Mount Maunganui College students are buzzing with excitement after being crowned Stage Challenge winners. The college's 93-strong crew, consisting of 73 performers... Read More

Eleven Bay acts show talent

Eleven of Bay of Plenty's most talented youth are through to the next round of the hotly contested reality talent show ‘New Zealand's Got Talent'. Tauranga's... Read More

French sounds for symphonia

As winter settles in, Bay of Plenty Symphonia is whisking residents away for a romantic interlude to France. Under the baton of musical director Justus Rozemond,... Read More

Front yard festival artist selected

Tauranga Arts Festival is confirming Laura Marsh as the inaugural Festival Front Yard Installation artist after her proposal was selected by a panel of industry... Read More

Bay band takes battle by storm

Bay of Plenty bands Storm Eater and Hurricane Tilly will go head to head after making it through to the national final of the Battle of the Bands at the weekend. The... Read More