He's cheeky, mischievous, strong-willed and sometimes stubborn. He's also a very special young man. Like any other five-year-old boy, Papamoa's James Reid loves... Read More

He's just a typical, chilled-out teenager. He greets his mates with a secret handshake and jolts his head back to say hello - or 'sup” as they say. He likes... Read More

Four generations of one whanau gathered on a Tauranga marae. Merewhiua Bennett is the kui - she had her four children immunised in the 1950s and 1960s. Decades... Read More

It's only 24-hours until the stage lights up at Mills Reef winery for ‘A Night before Christmas' to unfold in front of thousands of people, bringing a variety... Read More

The number of Bay motorcyclists hospitalised following accidents has increased by 56 per cent in a year, and local bike riders are four times more likely to be hospitalised... Read More

If the immunisation cynics witnessed a child suffering whooping cough, then attitudes could change. That's the opinion of Dr Hugh Lees, paediatrician at Tauranga... Read More

Josh Durning may be only 15, but he's already accomplished more than most guitarists twice his age can only dream about. Since picking up the guitar five years... Read More

Creative Tauranga have been swamped recently by pet owners eager to commission portraits of their four-legged friends. Rotorua artist Maxine Thompson has been at... Read More

Anna Gibson and her daughter Mackenzie represent the cold hard reality of the immunisation campaign. Anna Gibson and her daughter Mackenzie. Along with her husband,... Read More

UPDATE 4PM: The man found dead in Mansfield Street, Ohauiti on Sunday morning has been formally identified as 19-year-old Takena Tiepa-Ranapia of Tauranga. A post... Read More

A new speed limit o 110km/h may be on the cards for the Tauranga Eastern Link. The $445 million, five-year TEL project is one of New Zealand Transport Agency's candidates... Read More

He dazzled on the rugby pitch, and now Matua Parkinson has chimed in to promote the welfare and health of the nation's children. The dynamic open-side Blues flanker... Read More