Kelley Tantau

After decades of shaping athletics behind the scenes, Sylvia and Peter Maunder were stunned to learn they had both been awarded the King’s Service Medal in the 2026 New Year Honours for services to the sport. The Paeroa couple told The Profile the news ca... See more

After four years of being stuck at 4:34, Thames’ iconic clock tower is finally telling the right time again. The clock, at the corner of Pollen St and Mary St, was gifted to the town by the Thames Lions Club in 1968. It has since fallen silent due to an o... See more

Waihī Beach residents met last month to talk about the proposed rezoning of the Beach Road Recreation Reserve, which Pinnacle Incorporated, a not-for-profit primary healthcare organisation, has applied to Western Bay of Plenty District Council to lease. T... See more

Liz Cameron has a saying: ‘So many recipes, so little time’. Her husband jokes that she never makes the same meal twice – a sign of her lifelong love of tasting and experimenting, now being served up in the form of her first cookbook. Hailing from the Cor... See more

Paeroa could soon be even more ‘world famous’. This time, for its walls. Spearheaded by the Paeroa Business Association and largely funded by the Hauraki District Council’s Public Art Fund, a new mural showcasing the town’s landscape will be installed on ... See more