Music
06:00am Thu 23 Jun, 2022
The only thing I've got to say this week about the Port of Tauranga 59th National Jazz Festival is a reminder. Here's that reminder: there are still tickets available... Read More
06:00am Fri 17 Jun, 2022
Tauranga's been in the news a bit recently; you've got to be proud. As only the fifth-largest city in the country we tend to get a little passed over, so any... Read More
06:00am Fri 10 Jun, 2022
Okay. Through the downpour and drizzle, I think I see a jazz festival approaching... It's not long now till Matariki and, being the first time we've celebrated... Read More
06:00am Fri 03 Jun, 2022
Sometimes you come across a bit of information that you've just got to share. Because one of life's great pleasures is sharing; be it sharing movies, music or... Read More
06:00am Fri 27 May, 2022
And just like that New Zealand Music Month comes to an end. Not that you'd notice… Perhaps I have become cynical but the whole ‘music biz' seems... Read More
06:00am Fri 20 May, 2022
It's still NZ Music Month, so this week is more of last week: local music, live and elsewhere... First of all, how about starting your day with a little Kiwi... Read More
06:00am Fri 13 May, 2022
And we're off! Yes, New Zealand Music Month is up and running… So, as promised, I'll be looking at a few upcoming shows this week as it looks like next... Read More
06:00am Fri 06 May, 2022
If April, as T.S. Elliot proclaimed, really is the cruellest month then let's be thankful it's over and move straight on to New Zealand Music Month. Of course... Read More
06:00am Fri 29 Apr, 2022
Prolific local singer Shirley Ryder has been at it again: she has a new album and it is ready for release during NZ Music Month. This will be her fifth set of... Read More
06:00am Fri 22 Apr, 2022
OK! Orange is here and with it music and we are absolutely indubitably rolling again. Some starts immediately, some will arrive after a predictable lag while... Read More
06:00am Thu 14 Apr, 2022
We live in a divided country; it's sad to see and I don't know what can be done to solve the problem. I'm not talking about Covid here. Enough about that. We're... Read More
06:00am Fri 08 Apr, 2022
Welcome to another week of things not quite happening. It is, as pretty much everyone I run into says, a bit weird at the moment. Not that I'm actually running... Read More
10-Nov 14:30
Two people found dead at Tauranga address
10-Nov 14:00
Tauranga waterfront project wins steel award
10-Nov 11:45
SPCA seeks foster homes as kitten season arrives
10-Nov 10:00
Wild venison reaches 120 food banks
10-Nov 08:16
Thunderstorm threat looms over upper North
10-Nov 07:36
Kawerau homicide victim named
10-Nov 07:00
India ODIs close to selling out at Bay Oval
10-Nov 06:00
Iconic Kiwi brand to stop production
09-Nov 18:00
Man denies Pāpāmoa election sign charge
09-Nov 17:00
Volunteers join Coromandel bush clean-up
09-Nov 16:11
Three held after alleged Tauranga car theft
09-Nov 11:50
Triathlon course to showcase Mount on world stage
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