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Fewer children being immunised – research

New research on childhood vaccination suggests that immunisation coverage is slipping, and that vaccine hesitancy among parents may be partly to blame. Canterbury... Read More

Heavy rain and severe gales for parts of NZ

A significant severe weather event is expected to affect much of the country over the weekend and into early next week, Metservice says. In particular, severe... Read More

One person dead in Ngatai Rd incident

UPDATE: One person has died during an incident on Ngatai Road this evening. A police spokesperson says the death is not being treated as suspicious and will... Read More

Full steam ahead for Blue Do

Certain people manage to really stand out in a crowd on a normal day, let alone when they go all out for a good cause like a charity fundraiser. Steampunk Tauranga... Read More

Ngatai Road closure planned for school holidays

A section of Ngatai Road will be closed from Monday. Tauranga City Council has plans to reseal Ngatai Road as part of the recently completed upgrade project. 'Resealing... Read More

Armed police in Pyes Pa

UPDATE: The Armed Offenders Squad is at a Pyes Pa property this afternoon while police conduct a pre-planned search warrant. A police spokeswoman says AOS is... Read More

Ladies start your engines

There's just two rules to this club: you need to be a ‘girl' and you have to have a car. Formed just three months ago by Tauranga-based woman Shona Sharp,... Read More

Netball WBOP U16 and 18 squad named

The Netball WBOP Zone Performance team has released the names of the talented players who have been chosen for the Wintec NWOP Under 16 and Under 18 Performance... Read More

Going the distance for Waipuna

The challenges faced in the army by a group of four mates will have nothing on their next test, running 100km each in 24 hours. Tauranga man Jamie Kell is hoping... Read More

Two new cases of COVID-19

There are two new cases of COVID-19 reported in New Zealand.today. One is an imported case detected in a managed isolation facility and the other is a community... Read More

Gloriavale leavers tell their story in Tauranga

'Am I just going to allow my authenticity, my uniqueness and my power as a woman to be slowly eroded, or am I going to do the most terrifying thing and leave Gloriavale... Read More

Hairini works delayed due to bad weather forecast

Road works planned for the Hairini area this weekend have been postponed due to severe weather being forecast for the region. Work will now start a week later... Read More