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Consumer NZ: Global pressure to rein in BNPL

Consumer advocates from nine countries, including New Zealand, have teamed up to target legal loopholes that enable buy now pay later businesses to avoid credit... Read More

New partnership for bilingual traffic signs

Te Mātāwai and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency have agreed to make joint decisions on the next set of bilingual traffic signs that are expected to progress to... Read More

Taking Telehealth to the BOP community

With a significant rise in the number of community cases of Covid-19, both Tauranga and Whakatāne Hospitals are scheduling outpatient appointments as Telehealth... Read More

Chiefs face Crusaders as crowds welcomed back

Following a bonus point victory over Moana Pasifika at Mt Smart Stadium, the Gallagher Chiefs team has been named to host the Crusaders in front of a home crowd... Read More

Gambling data: Kiwis spend more than $2.6 billion

Kiwis spent $2.625 billion on the four main types of gambling in the 2020/21 financial year, according to new data released by the Department of Internal Affairs. Spending... Read More

Tauranga faces a double-digit rates hike

Tauranga's rates could increase 13.7 per cent next year, but the commissioners' caution it is necessary to invest in the infrastructure required for a growing... Read More

New national rainfall surpasses 56-year-old record

This week's torrential rains have set a new national rainfall record. NIWA meteorologists say the 103 mm of rain from 4am-5am recorded at Maungatapere near Whangārei... Read More

Celebrating women and girls in football

Otumoetai Football Club is leading the way with some great initiatives for the 2022 year, beginning with celebrating Women and Girls month. 'Last week,... Read More

Vehicle sought in connection to January homicide

Waikato Police continue the homicide investigation into the death of Jade Pui, 42, who died in Raglan on 26 January. Police were called to Wainui Road where... Read More

Covid-19: 15,871 community cases, 1024 in the BOP

Today the Ministry of Health is reporting 15,871 community cases, 899 hospitalisations and 13 deaths. Of today's new cases, 1024 are in the Bay of Plenty... Read More

BOP highway open following serious crash

UPDATE 2.56PM: State Highway 30 in the Bay of Plenty is now open. The highway, which runs from Rotorua to Whakatane, was cloesd earlier today following a serious... Read More

Landowners banding together to save Waihi Estuary

Rural landowners living near what people describe as the badly degraded Waihi Estuary, are being encouraged to attend an upcoming workshop and join the collective... Read More