Wonder Women is the brainchild of director Denise Arnold, to bring women together to share ideas and foster friendships.

Local charities will benefit from the $100,000 that was raised at the Skin Centre's Masked Charity Ball "A Night In Venice" on 13 May 2017.

Local charities will benefit from the $100,000 that was raised at the Skin Centre's Masked Charity Ball "A Night In Venice" on 13 May 2017.

Local charities will benefit from the $100,000 that was raised at the Skin Centre's Masked Charity Ball "A Night In Venice" on 13 May 2017.

Photographer George Novak was at the Mount Maunganui dawn service this morning.

Marlin were late arriving in local waters this year but over the Beach Hop weekend, eight were weighed in by members of the Whangamata Ocean Sports Club — and all were striped marlin. Club manager Phil Keogh said in the eight days from Saturday March 18 to Sunday March 26, 14 were weighed in. Pictured are anglers and their teams, Louise Breen with his 127kg marlin, Aaron Levien (127.8kg), Paul Oldham (141.7kg), Darren Orchard (150.8kg) and Steve Porter whose 173.8kg marlin is the largest of the year so far.

Round two of the Baywide Premier club rugby competition was held across the Bay of Plenty on Saturday 25 March. At Greerton Park hosts Greerton Marist conceded an early 17-0 advantage to Rotorua club Whakarewarewa before storming home in the second half to win 36-27.

The annual Beach Hop had Whangamata humming as thousands of people filled the streets.

Tauranga Art Gallery celebrates 10 years

Night Owl Cinema and Tourism Bay of Plenty screen Pete's Dragon

People in and around the Bay of Plenty and Coromandel area spent much of today assessing and cleaning up the mess left behind from

Stunning pictures of McLaren Falls in the Kaimai Range have emerged, taken just hours apart. Bay of Plenty Times chief photographer

Heavy rain and strong winds have created chaos in and around the Bay of Plenty this morning. Readers and reporters shared some pics

Arataki Sports held a spectacular day of entertainment at the club's junior registration held at Grenada Park on Sunday 5 March. All Blacks and Hurricanes back Nehe Milner-Skudder was the guest speaker and spent time with the excited young players who got to meet their hero. Photo's by George Novak

The third and deciding match between the White Ferns and Australia played out in glorious conditions at Mount Maunganui's Bay Oval on Sunday 5 March. Photographer George Novak was there to capture the action.

Andrew Warner caught all the action at the annual Tauranga Multicultural Festival at the Historic Village on 4 March.

Tauranga Rocks is an apt name for a new craze which has gone viral with up to 1400 locals becoming rockers in the past couple of weeks. The

The weather was fine and the players responded in kind with some dazzling sevens in front of the New Zealand men's and women's team selectors.

This year the tournament attracted 16 teams from around the North Island and a large crown of spectators to watch the action. Our Photographer captured the action between the Hot Jalapeno's v the Cunning stunts and Sando Surfers v the Beca Beached Whales.

People were covered in bright colours and danced and laughed their way through the day.

There was fun galore with something to interest everyone at the A & P show held at Tauranga Racecourse.

A treasure trove of bird's eye-view photographs taken since the 1930s are now available to the public online. The new website shows

We asked readers to share some of their favourite pics from over the holiday season so far in the Bay. Here's a collection of a selection.

Tauranga reaped the benefits from two fireworks displays on New Year's Eve, with one being held at 9.30pm to allow families to enjoy the celebrations. The displays were done on Tauranga's waterfront and another separate location at midnight. Photographer George Novak was there.

More than 1000 children took part in yesterday's Weet-Bix TRYathlon in Mount Maunganui. Photographer George Novak captured the action.

Record-breaking crowds had outstanding fun at the Omokoroa No 1 School mower race day and gala event. Photographer George Novak captured some of the moments of the day.

The final pool play round and playoffs of the Bay of Plenty Junior Secondary Schools volleyball competition were held over the weekend. Competition was typically intense and a very high standard throughout.