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Online harm: protection and support for children

Aotearoa New Zealand is falling behind in protecting children from online harm, says a group wanting wider and tougher restrictions on illegal sexual content... Read More

How cancer survivor rates compare to Australia

About 1000 people who die of cancer every year in New Zealand would have survived if they lived in Australia. That is the stark conclusion of Auckland University... Read More

Too sick to enrol? Woman struggles to find GP

A chronically-ill Rotorua woman suspects some GPs are reluctant to enrol her because she needs a lot of care, as new research shows under-funding is forcing... Read More

Allergic woman trapped in home as wasps swarm

A Rotorua woman says she is forced to shut herself inside her home as "millions" of wasps from a neighbouring property swarm around her house. Lynne Coutts... Read More

Reminder of SH29 Kaimai Range closures

The second scheduled closures on State Highway 29 Kaimai Range are expected to take place over five nights from Sunday, March 17, to Thursday, March 21, from... Read More

National invitation extended to emerging suppliers

Foodstuffs North Island in partnership with The New Zealand Food Innovation Network are introducing a new series of nationwide forums to help emerging grocery... Read More

BOP man vies for national excavator title

Rotorua man Lloyd Jenks will be bringing big dig energy to Feilding at the end of this week when he climbs into the cab of a 13-tonne excavator to represent... Read More

Farmers help increase native wildlife numbers

Dairy farmers around New Zealand are grabbing spades and heading onto their farms and into their communities to plant native trees and plants. Goals include... Read More

Annual growth back in black despite flat February

Home value growth remains relatively robust in Tauranga compared to most other main centres, reports QV. The city's average home value increased 3.1 per cent... Read More

School maintenance: $107m fund not enough

Principals are warning the $107 million a year they get to maintain school buildings is not enough and flash new classrooms are making the problem worse. They... Read More

SH2 Te Puna delays

Motorists travelling on State Highway 2 across the Te Puna Stream bridge are advised that night works will be happening over the next two nights with traffic... Read More

Tauranga stadium to be delivered in stages

Plans for a stadium in central Tauranga have been scaled back and construction pushed out because of budget constraints. The community stadium at the... Read More