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Teens take major kiwifruit award

Two Western Bay of Plenty teenagers have each scooped a $15,000 Zespri academic scholarship despite vastly differing levels of orchard experience. Katikati College... Read More

Search on for missing Rotorua man

Police are looking to locate 33-year-old Nigel Peterson, who is missing in the Rotorua area. He was last seen at around 3pm on Friday November 17 on Otonga Road,... Read More

Rejecting Tauranga’s heart and soul

City councillors are today considering rejecting Tauranga as a city with heart and soul, as councillors consider a new set of community outcomes to be included in... Read More

Plea for change in water safety funding

New Zealand is towards the upper end of drowning death rates in the OECD, yet water safety funding is mostly voluntary. In 2016 there were 78 preventable fatalities... Read More

Bloomers final blog

A kiwi chick with rare white feathers has hatched at Rainbow Springs' Kiwi Encounter in Rotorua - the first with white feathers around its leg in almost a decade. Bloomers,... Read More

Maori ward vote for district

The Western Bay council is to vote this week on whether it will introduce Maori ward seats to the district. The decision on whether to establish Maori wards for... Read More

Opotiki set for population increase

A study presented at the Opotiki District Council recently has revealed an expected population increase for the region. A quiet paper titled ‘Opotiki District... Read More

Action needed to reduce food wastage

New research has found that while New Zealanders have a positive attitude towards reducing food wastage, an eighth of the food we buy each week is wasted. The research,... Read More

Lake Taupo CC post first win

Baywide Cup newcomers GM Painters Lake Taupo CC rubber-stamped their premier credentials when they won their first Baywide cricket encounter, beating Cooney Lees... Read More

School in session for diabetes

Zespri employees in Mount Maunganui left their desks this week to serve smoothies and science, cook porridge and play games alongside students from Arataki School. Their... Read More

A week of broken weather promises

Despite surface high pressure dominating across the country for most of this week, not everyone experienced the fine weather that often accompanies these systems. The... Read More

New ticketing system for bus users

Passenger bus users will soon benefit from the implementation of a Regional Integrated Ticketing System. Horizons, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki,... Read More