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Regional Council unlocks COVID-fund potential

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has agreed a raft of recommendations to unlock the community resilience and job creation benefits of its COVID-19 ‘shovel-ready'... Read More

Toi Ohomai chief executive takes the plunge

Skydiving may be a breeze for some, but not when you are afraid of heights. Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Chief Executive Dr Leon Fourie recently faced his... Read More

High demand for overseas licence conversions

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is working hard to process a significant increase of applications from overseas driver licence holders who need to convert their... Read More

Run of the mill spring week

MetService is forecasting a ridge of high pressure to bring fine weather in the early part of this week, until a cold front sweeps over New Zealand from the southwest... Read More

Taonga returns to a Rotorua museum

A car breakdown in a small rural US town called Twisp more than two decades ago was the unlikely catalyst for the return to New Zealand of an almost 150-year-old... Read More

The kiwi company keeping COVID patients alive

Two big things happened in January at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. It started hiring hundreds of workers at its Auckland and Mexico factories, and it started up... Read More

Nats target US-style treatment for meth addicts

National is promising to roll out an intensive rehab programme for meth addicts, if elected, as well as cracking down on drug smugglers. Leader Judith Collins has... Read More

Review and Observation Team members announced

Peter Winder, the chair of the independent Review and Observation Team appointed by Tauranga City Council, has announced the appointment of two team members - Basil... Read More

Free school buses continue for Tauranga students

Tauranga school students will get another year of free bus use following a Bay of Plenty Regional Council Public Transport Committee Meeting last week. The Tauranga... Read More

Lockdown inspires sound for new album

Covid-19 has been 'a disaster and a blessing” for award winning singer-songwriter Kirsten Te Rito. 'I've lost all of my overseas tours, I usually do... Read More

Kiwifruit growers dig deep for food banks

Kiwifruit growers across the eastern and western Bay of Plenty are digging deep to help support local food banks. 'There is unprecedented demand for food bank... Read More

Labour to make Matariki a public holiday

The Labour Party is backing New Zealanders' calls for Matariki to become New Zealand's 12th public holiday. Matariki heralds the start of the Māori New Year... Read More