UNO. Magazine

For the next year, we’ll follow new Papamoa residents Andrea and Duncan Ritchie. We’ll find out how they’ve settled into Tauranga as Bayleys real estate agents, and how life measures up after Ponsonby.

For Rotorua Mayor Steve Chadwick, local government is just the latest chapter in a life built around making things happen.

Are you one of the 2,000 people who’ve been to Brent Ireland's Collab Digital social media events?

At Tauranga Youth Search And Rescue (YSAR), teenagers become all round great human beings.

In January, ten judges gathered in a cooled room, and looked through over 2,000 photos entered in the second Trustpower Photographic Exhibition. We judged...

Jo Jeffries meets the Hamiltonian tattooist and fly fisherman. WORDS JO JEFFRIES IMAGES HOLLY MARIE RUSSELL Ali’s needle moves in a fluid motion. Fine, delicate marks appear...

ROTORUA LOCAL and crankworx winner KEEGAN WRIGHT is now sponsored by one of the MTB world’s biggest brands, devinci. WORDS CAMPBELL BURNES IMAGES JASON BEACHAM Positive...

Come with us as we interview the founder of UNO, Andy Martin, and 10 cover stars from the last 40 issues and more, to find out what they are doing now: Liam Messam, Sam Cane, Lizzie Marvelly, Mills Reef, Elin Tawharu, Makere Gibbons, Kane Williamson, Mr G, Owen Dippie, and Omanu Beach Surf Life Saving Club.

THROW BACK! Kane Williamson was on the cover of UNO Central back in autumn 2013. Read our cover story in issue 40 to find out...

It’s been a year of considerable achievement for Bay of Plenty flanker, Sam Cane. He was a member of the New Zealand Under-20 rugby team which won the world championship; he is now an integral member of the Steamers’ squad; and the Chiefs have signed him up for a two year contract. Not bad for this 19-year-old from Reporoa!

This story was printed in 2010 as a tribute to our national army of ‘good guys’ who have saved more than 50,000 lives since they first guarded our beaches 100 years ago. Surf Lifesaving is as much a valued and integral part of our community today as it was in 1910.

THROW BACK! Mills Reef were on the FIRST EVER cover of UNO back in autumn 2005. Read our cover story in issue 40 to find...

THROW BACK! Liam Messam was on the cover of UNO Waikato back in autumn 2006. Read our cover story in issue 40 to find out...

THROW BACK! Mr G featured in issue 1 of UNO Central back in winter 2008. Read our cover story in issue 40 to find out...

THROW BACK! Makere Gibbons (née Bradnam) featured in ISSUE 5 of UNO Capital back in winter 2008. Read our cover story in issue 40...

THROW BACK! Lizzie Marvelly was on the cover of UNO Central back in spring 2010. Read our cover story in issue 40 to find out...

THROW BACK! Owen Dippie featured in issue 23 of UNO Central back in summer 2014. Read our cover story in issue 40 to find out...

This year, I learnt that humans know what they want.

We check out some of the international acts joining local talent at the 2018 National Jazz Festival Tauranga. The Canberra Times called him “dazzling”. London’s The...

Stalls bursting with SILKS + LEATHER. MOROCCAN LAMPS dangling above your head. MOUNTAINS OF FRESH SPICES. Mingle with locals. TASTE HOMEMADE ALMOND PASTRIES, washed down with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. A PLACE WHERE SOUNDS AND SMELLS COME TO LIFE.

UNO.’s youngest columnist shares his year’s highs, lows and learnings.

Just over an hour’s drive from Tauranga, there’s a launch spot that makes me so excited about the prospect of a paddle. And the epic right-hand break, thrown up by the beach and swell, is a hit with local and international surfers alike. I’m talking, of course, about Whangamata.

Reciting and recording whakapapa is a skill which reflects the importance of genealogy in Māori society. It helps esh out the story of leadership, land and fishing rights, kinship and status. As I understand it, and this is far from my specialist topic, reciting whakapapa with the speaker’s name spoken after the lineage description is a correct method of formal self introduction.