Tauranga City v Oratia United Northern League 2nd Division.
The weekend could barely have worked out any better for Northern League Division Two contenders Tauranga City United.
Spurred on by a pair of favourable results elsewhere and news the club has secured a new major sponsor, the Blues romped home 5-0 against Oratia United AFC at their Links Avenue fortress yesterday.
Their 3-0 lead at the break was built on a steady, unflustered foundation pivoting around captain Sam O'Regan at the back, who time and again picked his targets with a scything left foot.
Act party leader David Seymour was taking off just as the party was dropping in the polls.
Seymour took to the skies in a classic Boeing Stearman bi-plane ahead of a public meeting at the Classic Flyers Aviation Museum in Mount Maunganui on Wednesday night. At the same time, the latest 1News Verian poll suggested Act was down two percentage points.
Te Puke High School students took to the stage to celebrate the range of cultures within the school for the annual Multicultural Performance Evening last week. It was an evening of colour, skill, music and appreciation. Stuart Whitaker went along.
This Bethlehem home won several awards, including the supreme award, at the 2023 Bay of Plenty and Central Plateau Registered Master Builders House of the Year competition. Photos / Supplied
