City Life

Manu champs jump off Tauranga waterfront

Dust off your togs and perfect those bombs for the Tauranga Moana Manu Champs this Saturday, December 7 from 10.30am-4.30pm. For the first time, the annual... Read More

Tauranga’s Christmas in the Park returns

Tauranga's beloved Christmas in the Park event is back this year, bringing a day of fun, food, and festive spirit to Soper Reserve at Mount Maunganui on Saturday. But... Read More

Waikato & BOP state highway works December

Here's to smoother travelling over the holiday season with people driving on a number of newly sealed roads! Contractors across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty... Read More

Raise leg-hold traps to protect Coromandel kiwi

Backyard trappers are being reminded to keep leg-hold traps off the ground to protect Coromandel kiwi from injury or death. Department of Conservation Senior... Read More

Body recovered from Pāpāmoa Beach

UPDATE: Police have recovered the body of a person from the water off Pāpāmoa Beach Road, in Pāpāmoa. A member of the public discovered the person in... Read More

Veteran Tauranga costumier returns

After more than 50 years dressing performers on stage and screen, Tauranga's Alf Weston has come out of retirement to design the costumes in Tauranga Repertory... Read More

Young brass talent takes to the stage

It's where the future generation of brass instrument performers go to learn. And the more experienced members of Tauranga City Brass Auxiliary Band are helping... Read More

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…

Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty will be jam-packed with Christmas spirit this weekend as festive activities unfold. Tauranga's Christmas in the Park will... Read More

Heat eases briefly before winds and rain return

After a sizzling start to summer, MetService is forecasting a brief reprieve from the heat on Friday and Saturday. However, by Sunday, northwesterlies look... Read More

'Heartbreaking' Pori Pori swimming hole death

A witness has described the 'heartbreaking” scene after a person died at a popular Western Bay of Plenty swimming hole on Wednesday. Te Puna woman Jody... Read More

Lotto: Record $434m returned to the community

A remarkable run of high Powerball jackpots boosted ticket sales and helped generate a record $434 million for the community in the past financial year, says... Read More

150 items for foodbank collected at movie night

More than 150 donations rolled in for the Tauranga Community Foodbank at The Hits Christmas Movie in the Park on Sunday. The event had been pushed back a... Read More