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Hearing-impaired climber knows no barriers

Hearing-impaired Whakatane teen Brooklyn Taitimu has two secret weapons in her quest for rock-climbing success - an FM frequency machine to help her hear, and... Read More

Anchor AIMS Games LIVE: Day 4

Day four of the 2019 Anchor AIMS Games will be action packed in Tauranga today. Starting from 10am, there will be basketball, netlball, hip-hop, football and... Read More

SH25 remains closed due to slips

State Highway 25 in the Coromandel remains closed this morning due to multiple slips. Most of the roads that was closed due to flooding on Tuesday are now... Read More

One arrested after BOP police pursuit

One person has been arrested following a police pursuit in the Bay of Plenty. Police notices a person driving at speed at 2.55am. A police spokesperson... Read More

Council proceeding with Wharf Street upgrade

Tauranga City Council has voted to proceed to tender and construction of the Wharf Street Upgrade. In a council meeting on 27 August, elected members asked staff... Read More

Bay of Plenty man killed in Kaingaroa Forest crash

Police have released the name of a Bay of Plenty man who was killed in a crash on Sunday. He was 56-year-old Ernest Darrel Lewis, who was known as Darrel, from... Read More

Palm kernel fire in Mount Maunganui

Firefighters are in attendance at a fire involving an excavator and palm kernel inside a large shed in Hull Road in Mount Maunganui. The cause of the fire is... Read More

Prime Minister meets Twitter boss

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has met Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the Beehive today to discuss the Christchurch Call. The Christchurch Call was set up following... Read More

Future of 11 Mission St subject to endorsement

Tauranga City Council has voted for 11 Mission St to be gifted to Otamataha Trust, subject to an endorsement from the Elms Foundation. At a council meeting this... Read More

Power outage in Ohauiti

Power is out to more than 100 homes in the Ohauiti area this evening. According to Poweco, the supply went down around 5.30pm. A total of 132 homes are affected... Read More

Scholarships open to BOP athletes and coaches

Local athletes, coaches and officials are being urged to apply for a BayTrust scholarships. The scholarships help Bay of Plenty junior athletes develop their... Read More

Consultation opens on dangerous buildings policy

Public consultation opens today on the draft Dangerous and Insanitary Buildings Policy 2019. The Building Act 2004 requires local councils to have a policy to... Read More