09:00am Sat 13 Dec, 2025
It was a parade for the ages. The Seeka Te Puke Christmas Float Parade delivered in spades on Saturday, December 6, with about 40 entries and a colossal... Read More
11:00am Fri 12 Dec, 2025
Members of the Bupa Te Puke community, plus past and present residents, staff and whānau, came together last week for a special blessing at Bupa Te Puke Retirement... Read More
01:00pm Sun 07 Dec, 2025
New Zealand Coastguard's free bar awareness roadshow will be in Te Puke next week. Focusing on the Maketū/Kaituna Cut, the seminar will provide information... Read More
10:00am Fri 05 Dec, 2025
Four-year-old Blayde Arnold from Te Puke has a huge entourage of specialists, endless medical appointments and physical therapy treatments. It's all to make... Read More
07:00am Fri 05 Dec, 2025
Paengaroa's George Crawford has taken a significant increase in horsepower in his stride. The speedway driver has stepped up from an entry-level racing class... Read More
04:00pm Thu 04 Dec, 2025
Footage has emerged on social media that appears to show a drive-by shooting of a Bay of Plenty house. Police cordoned off part of Atuaroa Ave in Te Puke... Read More
02:05pm Sun 30 Nov, 2025
Books are the engines of learning. That's the belief of Te Puke Paper Plus owner Stuart Gunn, who has come up with a way of helping those less fortunate to have... Read More
12:04pm Sat 29 Nov, 2025
It was July 2014 when Te Puke's Capital Theatre hosted the world premiere of locally-made movie, ‘The Z Nail Gang'. Fast-forward 11 years and this weekend,... Read More
06:00am Sat 29 Nov, 2025
The healing power of horses is behind a pilot programme aiming to engage teenagers who are disconnected from the education system. Natural Mystic is based... Read More
02:30pm Fri 28 Nov, 2025
Te Puke Library is offering a chance to get craftily creative before the town's Christmas Float parade. For the past six months, the library has been hosting... Read More
02:30pm Wed 12 Nov, 2025
A third person has been charged with the murder of Tristan Oakes in the Bay of Plenty town of Te Puke. The 29-year-old was found critically injured from a... Read More
10:00am Mon 10 Nov, 2025
For most people, surfing is a simple pastime. But the increased availability of technology to help surfers find the best waves seems to have brought with it... Read More