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A goal achieved for Blue Rovers FC Blue Rovers Junior Football Club in blue and Cambridge Football Club. Supplied image. '); } else { // } Tauranga Blue Rovers Junior Football Club is excited to receive a grant of $15,000 to go towards the costs of new goal equipment. Club Spokesperson Yvonne Armitage says the majority of their previous equipment was over ten years old, so they are delighted with the grant from the New Zealand Community Trust. “The design of these goals no longer complies with the current health and safety requirements of Tauranga City Council an...

Te Puke car fire set vegetation alight FFire crews working to extinguish the fire. Image: Western Bay of Plenty District Council. '); } else { // } UPDATED 9.50am: Two fire crews attended a car fire that blocked a road in Te Puke this morning. The car, at the intersection No 3 Road and Te Puke Highway, was well alight when crews arrived says Fire and Emergency NZ northern communications shift manager Carren Larking. She says some vegetation also caught alight but the fire was “quite minor”. A unit from Te Puke and one from Mount Maunganui were called to the fi...

Matariki holiday dates announced '); } else { // } Dates for the new Matariki public holiday for the next thirty years have been released by the government. The extra public holiday will always be on a Friday and next year’s is on June 24.   The calendar date for holiday will shift each year to align with the maramataka (Māori lunar calendar). “Matariki will be our first public holiday that recognises Te Ao Māori and will be one that is uniquely New Zealand,” says, acting Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritag Peeni Henare. “Mātauranga Māor...

Climate Watch – How July is shaping up Dry weather will dominate many places in the country for the first two weeks of July. File image/SunLive. '); } else { // } July is kicking off on a settled note but according to WeatherWatch, it probably won’t last. The Southern Ocean is especially active this month and high pressure is sliding across Australia and into the New Zealand region. High pressure will start July's first week, but may be a little more northern focused, allowing westerlies to blow through for a time across New Zealand. Northern placed highs can ...

Bay honey producers “truly something special” Two Bay of Plenty honey producers came second and third at the National Honey Competition. File photo/SunLive. '); } else { // } Two Bay of Plenty honey producers have been named by Apiculture New Zealand as two of the top honey producers in the country at the industry’s national conference. The Conference hosted more than 1000 delegates from the apiculture industry at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre. The National Honey Competition is one of the highlights of the event honouring producers across a range of honey ...