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Shoppers return following Bayfair evacuation

2.15pm Retailers and shop assistants have now returned to their shops inside the Bayfair Shopping Centre following a fire alarm sounding about 1.45pm this afternoon.... Read More

Three car collision on Maunganui Road

Three cars have collided on Maunganui Rd this afternoon. Police received a report of a three-car collision on Maunganui Road about 12.30pm. It appears one person... Read More

Down in the dunes

Dune restoration specialist Greg Jenks says healthy dunes play a crucial role in preventing erosion of Tauranga beaches. Forest and Bird Tauranga is hosting... Read More

Christmas parade in Te Puke celebrates kiwifruit

It's a triple delight today in Te Puke. Not only is the town putting on a street parade to celebrate Christmas and the 60th anniversary of the renaming of kiwifruit... Read More

What‘s on - parades, art and horse riding

Kia ora and welcome to Saturday. I tenei ra ka awatea, ka wera. Expect a fine day apart from some morning cloud, and possible showers from late evening. Also... Read More

Getting from A to B with Mr D

Darrell Hellier, commonly known as Mr D, truly does put the word ‘care' into his role of caretaker at Bethlehem School. He has gone above and beyond his... Read More

High praise for Bay Oval

As test debuts go it hit all the right notes. Mount Maunganui's Bay Oval became the ninth test venue in New Zealand when it hosted the Black Caps and England... Read More

An orange for Christmas please

The Weekend Sun tried to trip up Santa with some Christmas trivia and he gazumped us, came straight back with some of his own. 'Santa, were you aware of, and... Read More

New scam targeting property sellers

A new scam is making its way around the country, with one Tauranga local catching on to it before it was too late. A local Tauranga pharmacy worker - who doesn't... Read More

Motel hell forces Rotorua industry veteran to quit

Assaults, drugs and anti-social behaviour have forced a 20-year motel industry veteran to quit the sector. Shelley Hobson-Powell, who is also stepping down from... Read More

Plug-in civil defence devices being piloted

A pilot project involving a plug-in device to alert people about civil defence emergencies will be trialled in 300 homes around Coromandel. The indoor alerting... Read More

Whangamata murderer fails in conviction appeal

A man who flew into a "fit of rage" and murdered his friend by stabbing him in the head and hitting him with a meat cleaver has had his appeal against conviction... Read More