Passed away on 17 October 2025 after a long battle, surrounded by family and love. Aged 81 Years. Cherished dad and father-in-law of Tui, Vaughan & Fei, Shane & Renee, Stuart & Hiromi, and Jamie & ...

Two people have been rescued from their life raft on Friday after abandoning a vessel on fire at sea in the eastern Bay of ...

A Pāpāmoa man with quadriplegic cerebral palsy has made his first live performance of his own music at a local music festival ...

Bay of Plenty Steamers suffered a 41–17 loss to Otago in their semifinal of the Bunnings NPC in Dunedin on Friday. Photo /Bay of Plenty Rugby Union. The Bay of Plenty Steamers’ Bunnings NPC campaign ...

The never-ending tide of tyres in Tauranga harbour ...

Cabinet papers released this month show key government decisions around pharmacy ownership and advertising of medicines, ...

For 40 years, Katikati resident Alice Gumbley has sprinkled a little bit of eclectic generosity over the tables of the ...

Running coach Selwyn Mawkes was instrumental in resurrecting the Te Puke Harriers programme about 10 years ago. He provided ...

Founding member of Steampunk Tauranga, Ann Dugmore has spent the past decade immersed in the imaginative retro-futuristic ...

Between leading fellow cadets in the Western Bay of Plenty Cadet Unit, managing shifts at Burger Fuel in Mount Maunganui, and ...

Matthew Jackson recently stepped into bigger shoes – or gumboots – as Kaimai School’s new principal. He’s twelve days into ...

In a written response, Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s director, transportation, Calum McLean, said the plaza ...