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26/09/2025

Tauranga’s archery club is celebrating 75 years of existence this month with a regional competition starting 10am this Saturday, September 27.

Archery club hits 75 years

26/09/2025

Bay of Plenty urban bus fares will increase for the first time in seven years from January.

Region's bus fares hiked for first time since 2018

26/09/2025

With the arrival of spring, the Waihī Beach farmers’ market re-opens this Saturday, September 27, offering a variety of new and former vendors.

Waihī Beach farmers’ market re-opens

26/09/2025

When you step into Maryanne Calver’s garden, your mind slows, the weight of the world lifts and you never want to leave the peaceful setting with a view of farmland and northern Tauranga Harbour.

A real rural garden among ramble gems

26/09/2025

Rangiuru School has a new old trophy to award at its end of year prizegiving – and it’s a trophy with quite a back story.

https://sunlive.co.nz/news/372170-school-welcomes-return-of-1920s-trophy.html

26/09/2025

Pāpāmoa’s new police sergeant, Tanerahi ‘TK’ Keno, is settling into his role at the helm of Tauranga’s largest suburb – and embracing the shift from frontline response to community-focused policing.

Pāpāmoa’s new police sergeant

26/09/2025

Barnaby Adams straps his golf bag into the trundler, adjusts his cap and chooses his club.

Juniors share course with golf idols

25/09/2025

The Cambridge to Piarere extension of the Waikato Expressway has been given the green light.

Cambridge to Piarere expressway gets green light

25/09/2025

The Tauranga City Tridents American Football Club will officially launch the 2025/26 football season this Sunday.

Tridents kick off season with all ages open day

25/09/2025

The Bay of Plenty avocado industry has banded together after “devastating” winds hit more than 400 orchards, with some losing 90% of their fruit.

BOP avocado growers donate windfall fruit

25/09/2025

Following Tauranga City Council’s order for the removal of a large metal dragon sculpture from Mount Maunganui’s Pilot Bay, efforts have been under way to find it a new, permanent home – ideally, still within the Mount.

Public support grows to keep dragon sculpture

25/09/2025

The woman, in her 40s, told police she was grabbed and assaulted from behind by someone wearing a balaclava.

Police probe new lead in daylight assault case