Entertainment

What's on - blues, shearing and avocado festival

Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira. MetService is forecasting a fine day with northerlies... Read More

Avo festival predicted to break records

The much-anticipated Katikati Avocado Food and Wine Festival is happening this weekend. Large crwods are expected to be drawn to Uretara Domain from noon... Read More

NZ’s best spots to pop a manu

'Bombing' is a way of life. The uniquely Kiwi pastime of jumping off wharves, jetties, waterholes, bridges and dive platforms is about to get competitive. The... Read More

Simply singing scripture in song

David and Dale Garratt, who became widely known not just across the Bay of Plenty for their involvement in the Tauranga Christmas Conventions in the 1970s, but... Read More

Get ready for Bark in the Park 2024

Tauranga City Council's Animal Services team is excited to kick off 2024 with a bark-tastic community event - Bark in the Park. "This free event had to be... Read More

Rotorua Lotto player wins $1 million

One lucky Lotto player from Rotorua will be having a great night after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in Saturday night's live Lotto draw. The... Read More

Busy roads expected Sunday due to Juicy Fest

Mount Maunganui and Pāpāmoa residents are advised to plan their travel on Sunday in advance with a music festival set to rock Mercury Baypark. Hip hop and... Read More

What's on: markets, art and circus tricks

Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira. MetService is forecasting a partly cloudy. Expect... Read More

Rewarding reading during school holidays

Tauranga City Libraries' Summer Reading Challenge is decades old and quietly one of Tauranga's most well supported programmes, with more than a thousand... Read More

Lotto player wins $1 million

One lucky Lotto player from Gisborne will be starting the year on a high after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in Wednesday night's live Lotto draw. The... Read More

It's Jamboree time for thousands of scouts

This New Year's weekend is not just the start of a new year for kiwis but the start of over a week away at a Scout jamboree for thousands of kiwi Scouts. On... Read More

The Great Waihī Beach Scavenger Hunt

Cold hard cash is up for grabs in the Great Waihī Beach Scavenger Hunt at the end of January. The eagerly anticipated ‘Waihī Beach Scavenger Hunt'... Read More