About Te Puke Today

What is Te Puke Today?

Te Puke Today is a daily positive news site for Te Puke, the Bay of Plenty, and wider New Zealand — built by the Te Puke Digital arm of the Vector Group Charitable Trust (VGCT, CC45966).

We rewrite trusted sources into clear, factual stories. Original outlets are always linked. When a story fits the VGCT vision — kai resilience, regenerative growing, regional directories, creative community infrastructure — we point readers into that network.

Vector Group vision

Envisioning Sustainable Communities Creatively. VGCT builds and hosts digital infrastructure for kai/food resilience, regional discovery, and practical grower tools. Te Puke Today is the news feeder: discover a story here, then move into the projects that do the work.

• Kai Resilience — flagship kai/food cluster and tools hub
• Kiwifruit Capital — Bay of Plenty directory and kiwifruit-sector hub
• Te Puke Online — town gateway into KC
• Troppo / Food Forests — growing systems and tools
• Te Puke Digital — web, SEO and AI infrastructure

Why Te Puke?

Known as the Kiwifruit Capital of the World, Te Puke sits at the heart of one of New Zealand's most productive horticultural regions — and a natural home for kai resilience, grower tools, and regional digital infrastructure.

Te Puke Today celebrates positive local and NZ stories while strengthening the VGCT network that supports sustainable communities here.

Our content

Articles are sourced from trusted media, government, councils and public releases — rewritten clearly, with facts preserved and sources linked. We do not republish rival local directory or community-org press as advertising for those brands.

Get in touch

Story ideas and feedback welcome. For business listings and what's on, start at the network hubs below.