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Bubble-bound: Data shows most people obeying rules

Global data collected by Google shows most New Zealanders are continuing to abide by level 4 restrictions, despite an increase in lockdown breaches and convictions. Google... Read More

Gardening tutorials give hope to kids in lockdown

A local gardening initiative has released a series of how-to videos for Bay of Plenty kids to grow a green thumb. Incorporated society Peoples, Plants, Schools... Read More

Mount YouTubers bring laughs to lockdown

A dad and daughter-duo from Mount Maunganui hope their YouTube videos, featuring pranks, self-defence demonstrations and harbour-side joke telling, will help people... Read More

Dogs need to be treated as part of your bubble

Continued complaints to Whakatāne District Council have prompted a reminder for owners to keep dogs on leads at all times, even as the country enters Alert Level... Read More

Lockdown increases demand for Tauranga Foodbank

Normally April and May are the quietest months of the year for the Tauranga Community Foodbank, but lockdown has changed things this year. Foodbank manager... Read More

Orca frolicking in Tauranga Harbour

Mother nature sure is turning on the charm this week. Tauranga residents have reported stunning sunrises and sunsets, one fisherman caught a kingfish with his... Read More

BOP fisherman‘s river walk takes unexpected turn

A Tauranga man's afternoon walk along Wairoa River took an unexpected turn after he caught a 20kg kingfish with his hands. Logan Reid was walking his dog Bonny... Read More

LIVE: Six new COVID-19 cases, one new death

UPDATE: Six new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past 24 hours in New Zealand, with one more death confirmed. Three cases are connected to overseas... Read More

Calls for clarity on checkpoint legality

National is calling for clarity on the legality of community checkpoints despite them being credited as key in keeping COVID-19 out of isolated communities. Iwi... Read More

ECE moves to accommodate Level 3 COVID-19 response

Inspired Kindergartens welcomes the government's announcement regarding moving to level three of its COVID-19 response. "We are working towards opening our kindergartens... Read More

Moving Day to hit the road in June

DairyNZ and Federated Farmers are pleased to see certainty provided by the Government, that Moving Day - or Moving Week as it will likely be - can proceed from... Read More

Slug gun sighting prompts armed callout

UPDATED 11.59AM: Reports of someone having a firearm next them prompted an armed callout in a Tauranga suburb this morning. Armed police cordons were put in place... Read More