Entertainment

Dancer named youngest principal

Katikati raised Ty King-Wall is getting a big break in the Australian Ballet being named the youngest ever principal artist for the company. The 26-year-old dancer... Read More

Top guitarist to visit Te Puna

Guitar-loving audiences in Tauranga are in for a treat this Thursday when legendary folk-rock band guitarist from Steeleye Span Ken Nicol performs at the Te Puna... Read More

Hollywood star's Pyes Pa training

It's not every day a Hollywood actor visits the Pyes Pa hills for first class military style training - so how did Zero Dark Thirty star Jason Clarke end up in Tauranga... Read More

Almighty Johnsons in town

Axl Johnson - aka norse god Odin - is wearing the perfect tee-shirt for some early morning filming for the television series the Almighty Johnsons being shot at... Read More

Bay bands wanted for NZ battle

More Bay of Plenty bands are wanted to fill slots in this year's Battle of the Bands nationwide competition. Entries for the hotly contested battle opened this week... Read More

'Beautiful' line-up for winery tour

New Zealand's Got Talent winner Clara van Wel is set to serenade Tauranga residents this Friday. Reality talent show New Zealand's Got Talent winner Clara van Wel... Read More

Opshop kick off vineyard tour

Like a fine wine, the boys from Opshop continue to mature with time and are primed and ready to kick start a stellar line up for this year's More FM Summer Vineyard... Read More

Kimbra wins Grammy

Kiwi songstress Kimbra has won a Grammy for her collaboration with Australian musician Gotye in the hit single Somebody That I Used To Know at the 55th Grammy awards... Read More

Marchwood - nothing but the blues

Who knew someone's back yard would accommodate for the biggest and best blues picnic in the Bay of Plenty? It seems hundreds of people did yesterday after the annual... Read More

Kiwi actors talk Mt Zion

There is more to the Kiwi made film Mt Zion than 'spud picking”. The new film starring Mount Maunganui raised singer Stan Walker and film star Temuera Morrison... Read More

Student's NZGT appeal

UPDATED 10.30am: The family of Tauranga's sole New Zealand's Got Talent semi-finalist is making a final appeal to the community to support the local singer and help... Read More

Mardi Gras morning after concern

Police are disappointed at those caught drink driving leaving the annual Ohakune Mountain Mardi Gras this weekend. The Mardi Gras attracted about 7000 people and... Read More