Entertainment

BOP students head to Rockquest finals

The Smoke Free Rockquest finalists are being announced - and a Tauranga group is among the top 10. Unit 51 from Tauranga Boys' College is heading to the finals,... Read More

TV special shines light on Tauranga service

A Tauranga addictions service is being featured in a powerful and eye-opening one-hour TVNZ2 special on the life of former professional rugby league player and... Read More

Pāpāmoa artist wins $20,000 national art award

Pāpāmoa artist Tawhai Rickard (Ngaati Uepohatu, Ngaati Porou) has won the prestigious $20,000 National Contemporary Art Award for a 'nuanced and generous”... Read More

Celebrating Cook Islands Language Week

'Connect me to the traditions and culture of my homeland' or ''Ātuitui'ia au ki te au peu o tōku kāinga Ipukarea' is this year's theme... Read More

Bird of the Century to celebrate 100 years

Forget Bird of the Year. In 2023, the stakes are even higher. Introducing: Bird of the Century. 'This year, voters are not just electing their Bird of the... Read More

Lotto player wins $1 million

One lucky Lotto player from Morrinsville will be toasting a special win after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in Saturday night's live Lotto draw. The... Read More

Get ready to garden ramble in Katikati

Katikati's popular biennial Garden Ramble organised by the Rotary Club of Katikati will be held this year on the first weekend of November. Seventeen... Read More

Music and science fiction collide

Hailed as 'bold and stylistically varied” by ‘The Modernist' with Cas Castle on PBS FM, Ben Wilcock's latest album ‘The River Tethys' includes... Read More

Vanuatu celebration in Pāpāmoa on Sunday

People from all over New Zealand will be coming to the Bay of Plenty on Sunday for an important celebration of Vanuatu. More than 500 Vanuatu RSE workers... Read More

Marching for leisure and fun

An incredible spectacle of uniform movements and perfect steps awaits you at this year's Tauranga Leisure Marchers Display Day. The Glengyle Leisure Marching... Read More

What's on - Repair cafe, roller disco, art

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 southwesterly... Read More

Painting by Cook’s official artist fails to sell

A 246-year-old oil painting of a Maori man in Dusky Sound, done by the official artist on Captain James Cook's second voyage of exploration to the South Pacific... Read More