Music
11:56am Fri 20 Dec, 2013
Nearly Christmas. We're on present watch - this week it's tickets.Yep, tickets are cool presents and with the veritable flood of touring acts coming to New Zealand... Read More
05:11pm Fri 13 Dec, 2013
How did it happen? Stop and blink and suddenly it's a week till Christmas.Beats me. Time, as we are told, moves faster the older you are. Or appears to, from inside.... Read More
09:02am Fri 06 Dec, 2013
Last week we celebrated the last gasp of the album, the CD, the long player.The thousandth album to reach number one in the UK charts since such counting began in... Read More
10:09am Fri 29 Nov, 2013
‘The last gasp of musical culture as we know it'.That's what I wanted to call this week's column, but it was too long to be a sensible headline.Similarly rejected... Read More
08:24am Wed 27 Nov, 2013
On November 5 Charlie Trotter died. He was 54. His son found him unconscious at home in Chicago. His wife, Rochelle Trotter, said that in January her husband had... Read More
10:56am Fri 15 Nov, 2013
I once asked Tauranga artist Tony Warnes if he was having a good day.'I'm an artist,” he replied, 'Every day above ground is a good day”. And I tend... Read More
10:13am Fri 08 Nov, 2013
It's official. This weekend Soundtree Live is up and running again.Last Saturday, I was lucky enough to be at what I'm sure will become one of the hot tickets for... Read More
10:14am Fri 01 Nov, 2013
We continue the occasional series wherein Winston expounds on things that currently make him happy. And, once again, this week it's all gigs: big gigs, little gigs,... Read More
10:26am Fri 25 Oct, 2013
I've been away for a couple of weeks.Yep, while normal service has continued here without so much as a blip in the columns, I've been jetting around the world enjoying... Read More
10:15am Fri 18 Oct, 2013
There are often a few buskers around Tauranga and I'd like to see more.Coming out of a supermarket or browsing around downtown it's always nice to see a small kid... Read More
09:09am Fri 11 Oct, 2013
This week I had planned a wrap up of what's happening around the area's recording studios. But then I visited Soundtree. Soundtree Productions is out in Whakamarama,... Read More
09:58am Fri 04 Oct, 2013
It's a grab-bag of stuff this week - gigs, bits 'n' bobs, a little of everything. Some weeks the universe presents its information in tidy, easy to connect packets.... Read More
07-Dec 15:00
Family Works' key role in community support
07-Dec 14:00
Give the best gift possible this Christmas
07-Dec 13:00
Free bar crossing seminar for boaties
07-Dec 12:00
Construction to begin on Gate Pā Community Centre
07-Dec 10:30
Biotoxin shellfish warning issued for BoP coast
07-Dec 10:00
Summer Smarts #3 - Slop it on
07-Dec 09:00
High jinx in the Tauranga harbour
07-Dec 08:20
Car hits power pole in Te Puna
07-Dec 08:00
Western Bay Council adopts annual report
07-Dec 07:00
Dave Hume Pool on track to reopen December 17
07-Dec 06:00
Western Bay Council services during summer
06-Dec 17:00
Defence Force Sailor of the Year named
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