She’s been watching her parents Scott and Sarah Adamson accumulate a massive prize pool – worth up to $20,000 – for this year’s Katikati-based Kids Hunting and Fishing Competition on March 27-29. But ...

For Liam and Mandy Ryan, the sound of jazz in Tauranga isn’t just music – it’s generations of young people finding their place. For more than a decade, the couple have helped shape Tauranga Jazz ...

Participants will follow clues and navigate a course through the valley while tackling puzzles, playing games and completing quirky challenges along the way. Teams can bike, walk or run sections of ...

It’s time to dress up in your best fungi-inspired costume and visit a fascinating world of fungi, when Fungi Fest returns to Tauranga this month with a mix of science, creativity, food and ...

My mother Rose gave me a plant the year I was married,” Bay of Plenty Orchid Society member Diane Hintz says. Admittedly, when raising three children and working on the farm the interest took a back ...

Margaret Murray-Benge says she has “no regrets” from being the biggest spender on her campaign in October’s Western Bay of Plenty District Council election. Among the 55 can ...

Emergency services are responding to a single-vehicle crash in Mount Maunganui. Police received a report of a single-vehicle crash on Maunganui Rd near Dee St at around 3.25pm. Po ...

General Practice New Zealand chairman Bryan Betty said doctors were dealing with a “constant stream” of respiratory sicknesses spreading throughout the country, despite illness levels not yet having ...

This time each year, Melbourne based Kiwis make a special mission to find their feijoa hit. Aussies don’t seem to get what all the fuss is about. When it cools down and autumn hits in New Zealand, ...

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Warning: This story deals with details of sexual offending against a child and may be distressing. A man in his early 20s had a four-month intimate relationship with a pre-teen girl, while her ...