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Real leadership goes beyond a title or a badge

'Our vision for leadership is to provide opportunities for all of our students to develop and apply the skills required to be an effective leader of themselves... Read More

Police have located Tawhai Peeke

Police have issued at statement saying Police have located the 38-year-old man we were seeking in relation to a firearms incident in Paeroa on 22 October. Earlier:... Read More

What’s on Today? Chess, Tai Chi and Pickleball

Good morning. The last day of the long weekend has arrived and today is expected to be partly cloudy with a high of 19 degrees and possible showers around 5pm. The... Read More

SMART accreditation for Tauranga dolphin business

Dolphin Seafaris is the first tourism operator in the North Island to have been awarded the Department of Conservation's SMART accreditation. SMART stands for... Read More

One person in hospital following Gate Pa crash

There has been a two-vehicle collision in Gate Pa on Sunday evening with one person taken to hospital. Police were advised of the crash on Twenty-first Ave, at... Read More

A celebration of international cuisine

When Lindy Davis first met English-born restaurateur and chef Lloyd Rooney about five years ago, she was in his restaurant ‘The Cove' in Waipu for lunch.... Read More

Car crashes over bank in Bureta

A car has crashed over a bank in Bureta this afternoon. A witness at the scene reports that the driver is safely out of the vehicle and back up on Ngatai Rd... Read More

A special Pasifika performance in Tauranga

Tauranga Special School students will be dancing in front of thousands for the first time next week at the Pasifika Festival in the Bay. A group of 33 students... Read More

Postnatal support for Western Bay parents

It takes a village to raise a child. The popular African proverb is one which Bethlehem Birthing Centre and SuperGrans Western Bay of Plenty has taken... Read More

John Wright – a long way from home

As a New Zealand opening batsman, he was gritty rather than spectacular. And as a muso he has no pretentions. 'At time as a cricketer, I probably batted... Read More

From cold and snow, to warm northwesters

A forecast of snow at the beginning of the week has now changed to northwesterly winds. This means temperatures jumped up into the high twenties for some places,... Read More

Oropi principal raises donation scheme concerns

A Tauranga principal is concerned children will miss out once a new funding scheme comes into place. Oropi School principal Andrew King says the Ministry of Education's... Read More