Music
06:00am Fri 22 Mar, 2019
The way we access our entertainment is always changing; it can be hard to keep up. I certainly feel that way. I find it increasingly difficult to know what new... Read More
06:00am Fri 15 Mar, 2019
New Zealanders have a soft spot for St Patrick; I put it down to the snakes. I arrived in New Zealand some 40 years ago and one thing that struck me then, which... Read More
12:10pm Thu 07 Mar, 2019
Death was in the air last week. Excuse me if I dwell on it. Luke Perry, star of a TV show that 'defined the ‘90s” died at 52 after a stroke. Keith... Read More
06:00am Fri 01 Mar, 2019
If you're planning something musical in the Bay - be it a festival, concert, show, gig, album, EP or single - there's one easy way to publicise it: contact me. There... Read More
06:00am Fri 22 Feb, 2019
It's always a pleasure to dish out a happy birthday, and that's what I'm doing this week. It's a big birthday at the beginning of March in the ever-expanding,... Read More
06:00am Fri 15 Feb, 2019
We return to the occasional series wherein Winston expounds on things currently making him happy. This week he's once again as contented as a cat sitting in a... Read More
06:00am Fri 08 Feb, 2019
An obvious indicator of getting older is people you know dying. I realise that's not a very happy way to start a column, but at a certain time of life - and I... Read More
06:00am Fri 01 Feb, 2019
What a fantastically sunny run of events we've had! It's been great this year. Bay Dreams, One Love, Slash, Toto, the 80s disco show, Live Music at The Lettuce... Read More
06:00am Fri 25 Jan, 2019
There are all sorts of people recording music in Tauranga. At one end of the scale are professional bands and musicians - practitioners who either have been,... Read More
06:00am Fri 18 Jan, 2019
Katikati is officially one of the best towns in New Zealand. That's what they tell me. It was a headline I read the other day, and I think what bugs me most about... Read More
08:11am Fri 11 Jan, 2019
The mythical phoenix gains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. So there appears to be a certain retrospective irony in Tauranga City Council's... Read More
09:08am Fri 04 Jan, 2019
There are a bunch of ‘nostalgia' acts playing around the Bay during summer, but The Narcs aren't one of them. So what's the difference, in a holiday season... Read More
29-Nov 07:30
Bay of Plenty Rangers going to Japan
29-Nov 07:00
RNZAF firefighter awarded 2024 Aviator of the Year
29-Nov 06:30
Kitchen fire: Pyes Pā Good Local set to reopen
29-Nov 05:00
'You are a hero': How organ donation saved a life
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
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