Wednesday, March 10, 2010


Barney's road safety lesson gone wrong.

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Wednesday 10 March Bromeliad Club AGM. Guest speaker: Kesson Sharp.  Plant of the month Red Neoregelias.  More...
Good availability of seasonal work in the Bay of Plenty is being attributed as the reason for a substantial decrease in the number of More...
Tauranga City Councillor Bill Grainger is set to take the place of councillor Hayden Evans on the joint road safety committee. Hayden More...
Paengaroa based company Comvita has forged a $6 million deal with US company Derma Sciences. The deal will give Derma Sciences the More...
Kaimai cheese is among the best in the country following success at the 2010 Cuisine New Zealand Cheese Awards. In just its second year of More...
A 45 year old Tauranga man employed as a mental health worker was arrested at 9.55am on Monday and charged with assault with a blunt More...
Young people who have taken to assembling and drinking in Papamoa Domain are likely to be locked out at nights. Tauranga City Council is More...
The public will have their chance to comment on the Tauranga City Council’s proposal to increase rates by 35 per cent over three More...
A change to the time when restaurants on The Strand have to move their outdoor furniture is being sought by Tauranga City Councillors Bill More...
A 39 year old woman from the Avenues in Tauranga was arrested a midnight and charged with intentional damage and endangering More...
Initial investigations have found a toaster was the cause of a fire that gutted a Papamoa Beach Road home at about 5.45pm on Monday night. More...
 

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