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Brilleaux return from European tour
Brilleaux are back from an "amazing" tour of Europe and ready to do it all over again for the locals. "We have toured the UK twice

The Trinity Trio perform in Tauranga
The Trinity Trio are award winning sisters who will be in Tauranga next week to perform. The programme includes: Beethoven, Piano

Band back to Kiwi roots
Sons of Zion have had three No 1 hits in Hawaii and the band's popularity is on the rise around the globe. They're in town next week

Music Review: The Rolling Stones, Totally Stripped
Another Rolling Stones album. Yeah right. Another live Rolling Stones album. Yawn. But back up the truck. While Stones fans always

Movie Review: Cafe Society
Woody Allen has outdone himself at age 80. Not only has he kept up his blistering pace of pushing out a movie a year, but this time

Where to find the best pie in the country
Patrick Lam is the best pie-maker in the country. With that comes much glory - and little sleep.

Recipes: Simply super salmon
SLOW-ROASTED VIETNAMESE SALMON This is a scrumptiously easy dinner party dish. Sides of boned salmon can be ordered from Regal Salmon. INGREDIENTS 1.25kg

SoundBites: Shapeshifter, Maala
Shapeshifter have a new album on the way, with first single Stars released to give you a taster. Built on what sounds like 80s video

Tribute to Marley
A diverse line-up of the best musicians in the country are converging on the city in early December, celebrating the music of Bob

Music Review: Bob Dylan, Fallen Angels
July 25, 1965 is a date to bear in mind when you consider this is Bob Dylan's 37th solo album, not counting compilations and bootlegs. That's

Recipes: All about the roast
Sunday, August 7 is annual national Roast Day - sponsored by Selaks wines. Roasts are a terrific way to bring family and friends together

Your Future Home - July 2016
It's an exciting time to be building or renovating a home. Brand new technologies such as energy efficient appliances, heat sources

Austin Manning's dream to walk a reality
Austin Manning has spent the last eight weeks learning to walk. For the last eight years he had been confined to a wheelchair and

Maori designer's flax creations go on show at the Met
For any follower of fashion, the film The First Monday in May - screening at this year's International Film Festival - will be a must-see.

Annual art festival lights up winter
Organisers have had an enthusiastic response from its lantern-making workshops this week, and the festival fires off with a lantern

Shows a winter warmer
It may be a case of lights on, no one home this weekend when Tauranga's newest winter celebration fires up at the waterfront. The

Music Review: Alligator Records 45th Anniversary Collection
Back in August 1971 fledgling independent record producer Chicago's Bruce Iglauer launched his new Alligator label with a gritty up

Trees hooked on crochet in Greerton
Like the suburb's residents, the trees in Greerton, Tauranga are rugged up in winter woollies.

Most popular baby names of 2016 are...
The most popular baby names of the year have been revealed, with one in particular raising eyebrows.

SoundBites: Deluxe Project, Whitney, Lawrence Arabia, TNAF
Deluxe Project have marked this week's Te Wiki o te Reo Māori with the release of Rona, based on the Māori legend of Rona

600 performers compete in festival
IF you have nothing planned for your children during the first week of the school holidays, catch the Tauranga Festival of Performing

Concert covers four centuries of music
Benjamin Morrison is the leading Kiwi violinist of his generation and regularly performs with the Vienna Philharmonic. He's in the

Clowning around for the holidays
There will be plenty of clowning around and hi-jinks during the second week of the school holidays if Baycourt has anything to do

Music Review: Broods, Conscious
Nelson brother and sister duo Georgia and Caleb Notts, aka Broods made quite a splash with their debut album Evergreen, back in 2014

Vegetable meals you can enjoy
Carrots, parsnips, turnips and swedes are some of the most nutrient-dense vegetables we can enjoy. Growing underground, they absorb

Housing crisis creating brain drain
Auckland's housing crisis is creating a brain drain as talented people move away from the city to escape the rising cost of living, a survey has found.

How Kiwi created spreadable bacon
Mike Jeffries on why he thinks New Zealand will be up for pigging out on bacon jam.