04:25pm Thu 24 Aug, 2017
Te Puke volunteer fire fighters called to an excavator fire at a scrap metal merchant's yard in Te Puke Quarry Road today, found on arrival that the excavator had... Read More
08:45am Thu 24 Aug, 2017
Protesters are ‘putting their bodies on the line' to stop mining in its tracks on conservation land in the Karangahake Gorge this morning. Their actions follows... Read More
04:41pm Wed 23 Aug, 2017
A number of building companies in the Western Bay of Plenty have been recognised this month for their entries in the Bay of Plenty/Central Plateau Registered Master... Read More
11:12am Wed 23 Aug, 2017
Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns believes Labour's proposed commuter rail plan can't work with current infrastructure. Labour unveiled the plan in Tauranga... Read More
05:53pm Mon 21 Aug, 2017
Classic Developments' project sales manager Mark Hooper was rushed off his feet by Omokoroa residents when he opened the Kaimai View sales office on Omokoroa Road. They... Read More
05:37pm Mon 21 Aug, 2017
Local BNZ staff will turn off their computers for the day and get out into the community to volunteer for the ‘Closed for Good' project on Wednesday, August... Read More
02:58pm Sat 19 Aug, 2017
Thirty four local residents in a rural cabinet in Western Bay of Plenty District can now access improved broadband, after a recent Chorus upgrade. Under the Government's... Read More
09:02am Sat 19 Aug, 2017
A falling real estate market is being blamed on barriers to first home buyers by Real Estate Institute of NZ CEO Bindi Norwell. Properties selling across New Zealand... Read More
07:17am Sat 19 Aug, 2017
Young entrepreneurs have uncovered solutions to real life problems at this year's Young Innovator Awards. The Young Innovator Awards is a local awards programme... Read More
09:50am Sun 13 Aug, 2017
It almost got lost in all the brouhaha about the winning ways of a certain bacon and egg pie here in Tauranga. It's a maximum 300 gram offering - filled with slow-roasted... Read More
07:00am Sun 13 Aug, 2017
Judgement time is drawing nearer for butchers as the hunt is on for the nation's best tasting sausage. Sausage makers from all around New Zealand are perfecting... Read More
03:00pm Sat 12 Aug, 2017
A Tauranga-based Trustpower manager has been announced the Young Energy Professional of the Year at the 2017 Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards. Manager of strategy... Read More