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Second school impacted by Tauranga Covid outbreak

A second school in the Tauranga region has been impacted by the new community Covid-19 outbreak. SunLive understands that a parent of a child that attends Te... Read More

Tauranga leaders react as Covid-19 returns

Leaders in the Tauranga community are imploring residents to get tested if displaying symptoms of Covid-19 and to get vaccinated after the return of Covid-19 in... Read More

Tahatai Coast School to close Friday due to Covid

Tahatai Coast School in Papamoa will be closed on Friday due to the strong possibility of a positive Covid-19 result from within the school community. The school,... Read More

Police can‘t attend half of mental health calls

About half of all mental health-related callouts in the past year were not attended by police, as they were called out to other higher priority situations. Police's... Read More

Further Covid-19 case reported in Thames

A positive Covid-19 case has been confirmed in Thames today, the Waikato District Health Board has announced. The case has been in contact with Public Health... Read More

AstraZeneca vaccine arrives in New Zealand

New Zealanders will soon be able to access a second type of Covid-19 vaccine, Minister for Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins has confirmed. A shipment of 100,000... Read More

BOPDHB stand down 42 nurses over vaccine mandates

A total of 123 members of staff have been stood down by the Bay of Plenty District Health Board after failure to comply with the Covid-19 vaccine mandate which... Read More

Sisters appear in court over Te Puna boy’s death

Two sisters, Michaela Barriball and Sharron Barriball, have appeared in court in relation to the death of five-year-old Malachi Subecz in Tauranga. Malachi was... Read More

Exciting return of first-class cricket to Bay Oval

A fast-paced game of cricket at the Bay Oval has concluded with defending Plunket Shield champions Canterbury performing a stunning U-turn to claim victory over... Read More

Serious injuries in Paengaroa crash

One person has been seriously injured after a crash in Paengaroa this afternoon. Police say they responded to reports of a vehicle collision on Kelly Road, just... Read More

Toi Te Ora Public Health advice after BOP cases

Get tested, get vaccinated and check locations of interest. This is the advice from Toi Te Ora Public Health following two positive Covid-19 test results in the... Read More

Covid-19: Two deaths in Auckland, virus hits BOP

There are 167 reported cases of Covid-19 in the community today and two people have also died with Covid-19 in Auckland as over 20,000 vaccination doses were given... Read More