Many of the Bay's budding pop stars will be pleased to hear the X Factor auditions are heading back to Tauranga in October.

I've been googling googols. I like to play with words and it gives me a ridiculous amount of pleasure to write "googling googols" in an otherwise sensible newspaper.

The Edge radio station - never far from controversy - is giving away Rugby World Cup tickets to its listeners - not without a catch.

The Government has given a $100 million funding boost for the nation's cycleways.

Next Friday is National Poetry Day and we should dispel any notion that poetry is an exclusive, esoteric, intellectual pursuit, writes Marcel Currin.

A reader writes: While acknowledging Phil van Syp's concerns with job applicants and offering helpful advice (News, August 11), may I place the applicants' challenges in the ring?

Tauranga's economy is on the up. Last week this paper featured stories about new construction, more jobs on offer, and house prices increasing.

A single plan to make everyone happy. How sweet. If only it were that simple, writes Marcel Currin.

On Tuesday, TV One screened a Nigel Latta programme where the psychologist went back to school to figure out if and why our education system is in trouble.

The potential sale of Lochinver Station to overseas interests has become a hot election issue, writes Dylan Thorne.