Riding a luge down the Kaimai Range - an act of bravery or reckless danger? This week we reported on the actions of a Tauranga man

Ashley Highnam and Moira MacDonald bringing an attitude of gratitude to their community. Photo/Supplied Tommy_pic.jpg Haere mai

City growth brings traffic chaos John Cousins' story "Clogged Up" (Benefits of $225m Tauranga roading project lost after 8 years)

KEEP MOVING: There's more to the value of playing sport than getting fit and healthy. PHOTO/FILE A_lvn090916twsoccer4.JPG A new survey

The hostage crisis continues. Melania's slanty eyes mutely beg for deliverance, but despite so many thousands of women marching on

Congratulations are due to some of our young local sports people, with Mount Maunganui's Jonas Tawharu taking the Under-18 Boys' Division

COMMENT: Not even a week into Trump's presidency, it's crystal clear that US citizens are now dealing with a fascist regime, writes Rachel Stewart.

LOVE TRUMPS HATE: Demonstrators march in support of the Women's March in Washington in Phoenix. PHOTO/AP AP170122105900.JPG When

There's no doubt about it. Tauranga's roads are certainly getting more and more congested. Given the city's recent population growth

Your definition of obscenity may be what Donald Trump is accused of getting up to in a hotel in Russia. Mine is about the money

COMMENT: To block someone is not censorship. It's just that I don't want to hear you, or more to the point, for you to hear me, writes Rachel Stewart.

So-called "casual racism" hit the headlines recently, following the publicity attending the Mad Butcher's reported remarks to fellow

The US presidential election is long over and the President-Elect will be sworn in next week but you'd be forgiven for thinking we

ACCEPTANCE NEEDED: Principles we learned in kindy we abandon as adults if we feel safety or money is threatened by people with too

Provisional figures showing Bay police nabbed 1258 people drink driving in the Bay are truly frightening. Alarmingly, the number

I can understand why Prime Minister Bill English has decided not to go to Te Tii Marae for Waitangi Day celebrations. Mr English

COMMENT: Reliable as clockwork, and right on cue, DairyNZ stepped up to the microphone and shot themselves in the head.

Like so many of my generation, I was the first person in my family to go to university. In one way or another, though, universities

What a nightmare it was driving down State Highway 29a after the Bay Dreams event. I got a phone call from my younger brother on

While I was out surfing (well, attempting to surf) this week I was reminded of just how powerful the ocean is. The surf was small

Imagine being called Anal, 3rd, Lucifer or 4real. Eleven Kiwi babies have narrowly escaped being called by such awful names. And

The baying of young males on the wind, and the distant, delighted squeals of young girls on the pull, told me the New Year was imminent

Fresh on the tail of the announcement of the New Year honours it might be pertinent to look ahead 12 months and reserve one for whoever

COMMENT: Over a summer beer, someone casually asked me what I wanted for 2017. I just as casually said "world peace."

Reading the stories of ordinary Kiwis who have gone on to achieve great things is always a highlight for me. This week five Bay residents

POPULARITY POLLING: It is a fair bet that the experts will be anxiously analysing how Steven Joyce rates in his new job as Minister

The new year seemed to be welcomed in a sensible but celebratory style by most over the weekend. That's exactly the way it should

Former BBC DJ Andy Kershaw is down the bottom of the garden eating worms, on the receiving end of the fury of George Michael fans

COMMENT: As we head into another sweltering Kiwi summer, the water quality of our lakes, rivers and streams will continue to disappoint and enrage.

The All Blacks may have cleaned up at the IRB Rugby Awards for 2016, but - for the British sporting press - the year belonged to England. Not