After 32 years of serving the community, Mount Maunganui and District Lioness Club members have reluctantly decided to call it quits. Former president Christine Potter says the female-only group is closing after ongoing pressure to change from Lions...

For those who have not heard of the social media phenomenon #glowup, which seems to be taking over the world, it’s time  to get your glow on. Alyshia Jones, 25 from Tauranga is one of many talented Kiwis who have spent hundreds of hours...

Papamoa Primary School pupil  Skyler Sylvester was only eight when she auditioned for and acted as the lead in ‘Oranges and Lemons’ a short film that has beaten out 77 other films to take top prize in the New Zealand International  Film...

Mount Mainstreet has plenty of magic and vibrancy with destination shopping and treasures that can only be found in this seaside town. A new rising star nestled in close to the popular Ours Cafe is Karyl Gunn-Thomas’s ‘Enchanted Pre-Loved...

It’s time to think about you, to do something that will make you feel more confident and put an added bounce to your step. Although it’s a privilege to age, some of the less desirable effects of facial ageing prevent us from looking as...

Jim Pringle’s fermented foods business was born out of a desire to improve the health of New Zealanders. It’s not often a married couple in their 80s start a food production business, but that is exactly what Jim and Margaret Pringle did...

Faye Suzannah is looking for walls.  And wall owners. The Tauranga-based mural artist, who came from the UK in November with her Kiwi partner and their two-year-old daughter, is keen to put colour onto backyard walls, buildings, garden and business...

We all know that spending locally saves local businesses and during August you’ll discover the sweet taste of buying local if you attend any of the Taste Tauranga Festival events on in the city centre. For the third year running this ‘feastival’,...

Sitting perched on stools  sipping coffee with a friend outside Luca one afternoon about three years ago,  I was suddenly aware he was grinning at something behind me. Turning I caught a flurry of red hair as a woman sped past pausing briefly...

A lot of 22-year-olds spend their weekends with friends or at a bar or club but one Tauranga man spent his helping at a funeral home. Many may think this is a bit macabre but for Marco Vianello it was a way to test the waters and see if funeral directing...