Zimbabwean couple Nikki and Lance Dodd met at university in Cape Town, South Africa, where she was studying interior design and he was studying horticulture.... Read More

Te Puke firefighter Jodi Purdie and her son Cooper are set to achieve a world first when they compete together at the World Firefighter Challenge in Texas later... Read More

A series of popular classes at Te Puke Library are to be repeated, starting next month. The digital skills classes that ran in July were aimed at anyone with... Read More

Primary school teacher Megan Ward and mechanic Jack Rees are looking to use their Paengaroa property to provide a nature school called Curious by Nature. They... Read More

It looks like Te Puke resident Bruce Brown's eye collection is going to find a new home. In Te Puke News last month, Brown highlighted his desire to move... Read More

A Taylor Swift album release party in Te Puke? Why not! That, in a nutshell, is the thought process that led to a listening party for Swift's The Life of... Read More

Te Puke Athletics Club may have folded, but there is a silver lining with Pāpāmoa Athletics Club offering somewhere for Te Puke youngsters to train and compete. Last... Read More

High-vis wearing, sack and grabber-carrying individuals were a feature of Te Puke town centre last Friday afternoon. They were taking part in an event that... Read More

From Te Puna to Waihī Beach, a range of voices and perspectives are being sought to help plan for the future of three key communities in the Western Bay. Over... Read More

Disc golf has found a permanent home in Te Puke's Donovan Park. Tauranga Disc Golf Association has created a nine-hole disc golf course in the park, thanks... Read More

Rangiuru School has a new old trophy to award at its end of year prizegiving - and it's a trophy with quite a back story. Over 100 years old, the cup was... Read More

The Bay of Plenty avocado industry has banded together after 'devastating” winds hit more than 400 orchards, with some losing 90% of their fruit. Growers... Read More