02:52pm Fri 06 May, 2011
Bethlehem College Primary School students are waiting in eager anticipation for the opening of their new playground. They have had to make do with a small sandpit... Read More
04:13pm Fri 29 Apr, 2011
The electronic age has finally come to the humble piano accordion.Bruce Collier of Tauranga has been playing his electronic piano accordion for the last five years.... Read More
04:11pm Fri 29 Apr, 2011
Bethlehem residents are demanding metal barriers be installed on a section of State Highway 2 before a pedestrian is killed by fast moving cars travelling along... Read More
04:09pm Fri 29 Apr, 2011
Coffee culture in New Zealand has seen some 'phenomenal changes” according to a Tauranga coffee batch roaster. Excelso Coffee owner Jeff Evans has been an... Read More
04:08pm Fri 29 Apr, 2011
Bethlehem College student Matt Smalberger's ideas about how to improve youth participation in politics could see him learning about government in Wellington.He is... Read More
04:06pm Fri 29 Apr, 2011
Rising fuel price is creating a big demand for scooters in the Western Bay, with sales at one Tauranga outlet quadrupling in the last six weeks. Turmoil in the Middle... Read More
01:47pm Thu 21 Apr, 2011
Load up on reading material at the 23rd annual Tauranga Rotary Easter book sale this weekend at the Seeka Coolstores in Mount Maunganui. The sale features more than... Read More
01:38pm Thu 21 Apr, 2011
The extra week in term one because of the Rugby World Cup, may have created a few irritable teenagers, but it also meant there was more time to get things done. Otumoetai... Read More
01:35pm Thu 21 Apr, 2011
Mauao park ranger Mark Ray is warning security guards will be brought back to monitor the closed tracks if people continue breaching barriers. Barriers are still... Read More
01:31pm Thu 21 Apr, 2011
Western Bay of Plenty police are concerned more motorists are flouting traffic light rules - a fear backed up by findings of intersection watch carried out by The... Read More
01:28pm Thu 21 Apr, 2011
In the news this week is the story of a man who cooked and ate one of his fingers. This has caused quite some consternation among folk who don't like the idea.... Read More
10:08am Mon 18 Apr, 2011
When the Chiefs square off against the Crusaders tonight, Tania Cochrane will be thinking of the biggest Crusaders fan she knew - her husband, Stephen.Stephen Cochrane... Read More