Music
05:30am Fri 07 Feb, 2020
Love is in the air: only a short time now and we can embrace the romantic charm of St Valentine's Day. Regular readers might be surprised at a jaded sceptic... Read More
05:55am Fri 31 Jan, 2020
So that was January was it? A twelfth of the year gone already? Now we're on to February but, good news, public holidays just keep rolling in. We all took... Read More
01:45pm Fri 24 Jan, 2020
It's always nice to welcome the year's first album launch. At least I assume it's the year's first. What with being January - the time of beaches,... Read More
05:55am Fri 17 Jan, 2020
A whole bunch of people with acoustic instruments are heading towards Tauranga. It happens that way sometimes. Music here used to be very much a matter of famine... Read More
05:55am Fri 10 Jan, 2020
Is it too late to take one final glance in the rear-view mirror? Let's hope not, as that's what's on the cards this week, a quick look back at the recorded music... Read More
05:55am Fri 03 Jan, 2020
Happy new year! Resolutions done and dusted? Ready for an exciting new decade? Once again we are outrunning various fictional attempts to imagine the upcoming year. We... Read More
06:01am Fri 27 Dec, 2019
There are many traditions at this time of year. The last metaphorical grains of sand are about to slide through 2019's hourglass and increasingly tamped-down... Read More
05:50am Fri 20 Dec, 2019
And suddenly it's almost Christmas. It happens like that. Sometime around October shops and supermarkets start playing Christmas music and selling candy canes... Read More
05:55am Fri 13 Dec, 2019
Rick Bryant, whose funeral was on Wednesday, was in two of my all-time favourite Kiwi bands. His death wasn't as widely reported as I would have expected for... Read More
05:59am Fri 06 Dec, 2019
It is rather stating the bleedin' obvious to point out that it gets busy at this time of year. So busy that last time I missed out mentioning a fantastic... Read More
06:05am Fri 29 Nov, 2019
Everything has its time and eventually that time passes. For better or for worse, things change. Ever since I arrived in Tauranga in the mid-eighties there has... Read More
05:55am Fri 22 Nov, 2019
November's annual musical frenzy usually peaks around the end of the month. The impending arrival of Christmas is to blame of course as work functions proliferate... Read More
28-Nov 20:00
Operation Nickel update – first seven days
28-Nov 19:00
Bill to allow hair salons to provide beverages
28-Nov 18:30
Arrests made in Tauranga gang funeral operation
28-Nov 18:00
Locals oppose proposed reintegration facility move
28-Nov 17:00
Baybus OnDemand fares to rise as service booms
28-Nov 16:00
Fatal crash: Vehicle may have crossed centreline
28-Nov 15:45
Peaceful tangi amid heavy police presence
28-Nov 14:00
University of Waikato honours campus kaumātua
28-Nov 13:00
Tauranga teen hopes to follow in Cane's footsteps
28-Nov 11:40
Mongrel Mob funeral: Driver arrested, car seized
28-Nov 11:15
Designer hired for new multisport skatepark
28-Nov 10:20
Summer scorcher: Parts of NZ to push past 30C
COMPETITIONS
