Good morning! Morena koutou. Kia ora te ra whakamiharo.

Expect a fine morning with light winds, followed by cloudy periods. It's a three-layer-clothing day, with the temperature forecast to reach a high of around 14 degrees about 2pm.

Last night's overnight of 3.1 degrees won't be repeated tonight, as the temperature is expected to drop to 9 degrees. Sunset this evening is at 5.09pm.

High tide around Tauranga itself is at 8.01am and low tide at 2.15pm.

What's on today?

Each year, the winter stars of Matariki signal the arrival of the Maori New Year. This is being celebrated from June 21 to July 21. The theme for the Matariki 2020 programme is Nga Kura Huna: sharing important knowledge and prized learnings that would otherwise remain hidden. For a list of free events planned for Matariki please click here

It's Week Two of the Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Baywide Women's club rugby! Mount Maunganui and Rangiuru play at 1pm today as Mount host a triple header with their Premier and Development Men's teams at Blake Park.

In the Premier Development matches, Mount Maunganui plays Rangiuru at Blake Park, Judea plays Te Puke at Maharaia Winiata Park, Te Puna plays Rangataua at Maramatanga Park and Greerton Marist play Tauranga Sports at Greerton Park. All matches start at 1pm.

In the Premier Men's competition, Mount Maunganui play Rangiuru at Blake Park, Arataki take on Te Puke at Arataki Park, Te Puna place Rangataua at Maramatanga Park, and Greerton Marist play Tauranga Sports at Greerton Park. All four matches start at 2.45pm.

In the Senior Reserves, Greerton Marist play Katikati at Greerton Park at 1pm, Eastern Districts play Tauranga Sports at Paengaroa Domain at 1pm, and Te Puna play Papamoa at Maramatanga Park at 1.30pm.

Come and support more of our local teams as our Tauranga City AFC side takes on Waikato Unicol AFC today at 12.30pm while the Bay Relics take on Papamoa FC at 2.45pm. These matches will be held at Links Ave.

The Papamoa Rugby Club are hosting the Papamoa RIPPA Run About today at the Gordon Spratt Reserve from 10am – 12pm.

Join Retro America for their annual American Independence Day Cruise which leaves from 43 Portside Dr, Mount Maunganui at 11am and cruises through to Whakatane. There will be prizes for best dressed and lunch will be available at the Whakatane destination.

There is an Omokoroa Town Centre Information Day being held from 10am – 2pm at the Omokoroa Settlers Hall.

Little Big Markets

The Little Big Markets are at Coronation Park from 9am – 2pm with a range of street food and craft vendors.

Artwork by Areena Smith

At The Incubator Creative Hub at Tauranga Historic Village, come and see ‘Timatanga Hou – New Beginning', an exhibition by Areena Smith. Exhibition hours are 10am – 3pm.

Paper mosaics

Nearby at The Artery, a free workshop with Michelle Arnold will be running from 10am – 11am, where people and come and learn how to make paper mosaic murals.

The Tauranga Performing Arts Competitions are on at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre, running from 8.30am – 8pm today. Come and watch dancers https://www.facebook.com/events/637703743484255from all over NZ compete in ballet, tap, highland dancing and modern dance. More information here.

Do you own a dog? There is a dog training day hosted by Dogs Are Us Training from 11am – 12pm at 38 Pitau Rd, Tauranga. Build confidence through good dog handling skills and fun training to create a great relationship with your dog. More here

Come and enjoy a family roller skating disco at the Mount Sports Centre from 5.30pm - 7pm. More information here

The SilverBeats are playing tonight at Jack Dusty's Ale House from 7.30pm – 10.30pm. The Silver Beats is a 6 piece band of extremely talented local musicians with a huge repertoire of hand-picked classics.

Stagetalk band

Would you like a night of ballroom dancing? Come along to Dancer's Night with Stagetalk Band at the Mount RSA from 7pm – 10.30pm tonight and enjoy mainly ballroom and latin dancing with a little R&R and line dancing in the mix. Put on your dance shoes for a waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, jive, rumba, chacha, samba, rock n roll, and line dancing. Return on Sunday for rock ‘n roll with Stagetalk Band from 4.30pm – 7.30pm.

Is the blues more your style? Come to Barrel Room Blues with The Mike Garden Band at The Barrel Room in Wharf st tonight from 7.30pm – 10pm.