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There can be only one

The catchphrase ‘there can be only one' from popular cult fantasy movie ‘Highlander' will ring true today after Mount Maunganui and Rangataua meet in... Read More

Maori Party: No way to Clark’s bid

Helen Clark's 'mistakes of the past” is making it impossible for the Maori Party to support her bid for the United Nation's top job. Maori Party co-leader... Read More

What’s On: Dancing up a storm

Good morning Sunners if you are looking for something to do this evening why not put your dancing shoes on and ‘Come Dance the Night Away. Tauranga Social... Read More

Thinking about the Civic Heart

Tauranga City Councillors are taking an extra week or so to think about the volumes of information absorbed over the last week during the Civic Heart submission... Read More

Farming in the wet not easy

Bay of Plenty dairy farmers battling very wet conditions are encouraged to not only protect their pasture growth for this spring, but also take care of their own... Read More

Kiwifruit cargo halted

Zespri is today making no reference to a scramble of activity at the Port of Tauranga last night as port workers worked to unload 50 containers of China-bound kiwifruit... Read More

Katikati demands bypass now

Hundreds of Kaitkati locals packed out the Memorial Hall on Thursday night to send a clear message to Transport Minister Simon Bridges and the New Zealand Transport... Read More

Cautious optimism for orca’s recovery

His health continues to improve and there's cautious optimism about the future for the orca calf rescued from the sea near Tauranga this week. He's now receiving... Read More

All weather start for cycleway

A passing shower that drenched the Omokoroa cycleway sod turning ceremony was passed off as good luck and a blessing, as a transport minister, two mayors and assorted... Read More

Trusted, loyal, friendly, considerate

Mark Grosvenor slipped on his black-and-white troop scarf in Greerton this morning, fastened it with a leather woggle and headed off to the office. It was a salute... Read More

Tauranga sailor Rio flag bearer

Tauranga sailor Peter Burling and teammate Blair Tuke will lead the New Zealand team into the Rio Olympics opening ceremony tomorrow. Silver medallists at the 2012... Read More

Seeking a church and got a P house

When the police came banging on the door it looked bad, and it was bad. Certainly not 'the positive experience” the Pond family from Mapua on the western shores... Read More