03:00pm Sat 29 Mar, 2025
A new sensory space will open in Tauranga's city centre in 2026 as part of the ongoing development of the Library and Community Hub at Te Manawataki o Te Papa... Read More
07:00pm Fri 28 Mar, 2025
Young Tauranga people with disabilities are making a difference at Riding for the Disabled (RDA) by volunteering to keep the grounds neat and tidy. This week,... Read More
02:00pm Fri 28 Mar, 2025
It's been seven years since Dylan Pearce stepped into the boxing ring for his first fight. This weekend, he is making his return to the canvas for the inaugural... Read More
09:00am Fri 28 Mar, 2025
Most Flavours of Plenty festival events are aimed at adults - but one definitely isn't. Te Puke Kai Resilience group and Colab are hosting a Kids Kai Trail on... Read More
07:00am Fri 28 Mar, 2025
Smaller non-government organisations (NGOs) will now have better access to the Government's Mental Health Innovation Fund following a funding threshold change. Minister... Read More
06:00am Fri 28 Mar, 2025
Friends and parents of a Te Puke school family have banded together to run a movie night fundraiser for one of their own facing adversity. Te Puke woman Sarena... Read More
06:30am Thu 27 Mar, 2025
The rise of teen vaping in New Zealand has not been the magic bullet to stub out cigarettes, new evidence shows. The research, published in The Lancet, found... Read More
05:00pm Wed 26 Mar, 2025
Anti-smoking advocates are concerned progress towards reducing the number of young people vaping could be swamped by something they say is even worse - oral... Read More
04:00pm Wed 26 Mar, 2025
Our lives changed significantly five years ago, when the Covid pandemic swept the world and New Zealand - like many countries - locked down. We discovered... Read More
03:00pm Tue 25 Mar, 2025
Corrections has confirmed that hunger-striking prison inmate Dean Wickliffe has been transferred to Waikato Hospital. The parole board has also brought his... Read More
07:00am Mon 24 Mar, 2025
'I was pleased to hear… it was a genuine problem, it wasn't just my imagination, and it wasn't just me,” says Carol Hudson, recalling the moment... Read More
12:00pm Sun 23 Mar, 2025
Heather McLean has witnessed first-hand the devastating consequences of a fall. When she was aged in her 80s, her now late mother, Alison, fell off a ladder... Read More