Tauranga Stories
The brand, in the words of the people living it.
Residents, businesses, iwi, community organisations, students, visitors and innovators. Every story ends where it should, with the organisation that can actually help you.
People · Live · Environment
Before work, on the beach
The base track at 6.10am is the most reliable meeting in Tauranga, and nobody organised it.
Business · Work · Innovation
The harbour, the heartbeat of our city
New Zealand's largest port sits fifteen minutes from a surf break. That contradiction is the local economy.
Live · Community · People
Our first year here
Four families on what nobody tells you about moving to a city that is still becoming one.
Work · People · Innovation
The yard that builds boats and careers
A marine apprenticeship in Tauranga is a passport. Most of the graduates stay anyway.
Visit · Culture · Events
Kai and the calendar
What is on the plate in Tauranga is dictated by the harbour, the orchards and the season, not by a menu designer.
Live · Business · Community
A city centre remembers what it was for
The civic precinct rebuild is the largest thing Tauranga has attempted in a generation.