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Parking issues:Te Kouma wharves

There have been some teething issues for users of Sugar Loaf and Hannaford's wharves as they adjust to recent changes to the Parking Control Bylaw. Traffic and... Read More

Barbecue competition heating up

Entries have now closed for NZ BBQ King with 12 chefs making the grade. The entrants will be required to submit five different barbecue dishes including beef, chicken,... Read More

Fire and explosions in the Mount

Explosions 'like a cannon going off” rocked a Mount Maunganui industrial suburb last night when a brand new transformer caught fire. The incident happened... Read More

East Coast shooting victim named

The 50-year-old man fatally shot on the East Coast on Monday night has been named as Tumanako Tauhore. A 30-year-old man has been charged with the Te Araroa man's... Read More

Leanne’s fresh approach

Leanne Brown always harboured ambitions of running for Tauranga City Council at some point - it was just a matter of when the time was right. This week the current... Read More

School girls reunite 70 years on

They're a bunch of tittering, excitable schoolgirls - giggly and gossipy and talking over the top of each other. They're the class of 1945 at Tauranga Primary School.... Read More

Logging truck crash investigated

Police are investigating the cause of a crash between a car and a logging truck on State Highway 30, at the intersection of Mill Road, in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. Emergency... Read More

Police to chase the rapids

Bay of Plenty officers will swap their police hats for rafting helmets today as they compete in the annual New Zealand Police Association Raft Race on the Kaituna... Read More

Chamber ponders future vision

Tauranga Chamber of Commerce is looking to shore up its vision and direction for its latest chief executive before it finds a replacement for the outgoing Dave Burnett... Read More

Legal high talk: Whangamata

‘Knowledge is power' and the Thames-Coromandel District Council wants to make sure communities throughout the district have access to both. Council is hosting... Read More

Family killed on highway named

The three people killed in the logging truck crash on State Highway 1, near Tokoroa, on Tuesday have been identified. Warren Lee, 53, his 52-year-old wife Aesoon... Read More

Sun to stream across the Bay

A sunny weekend is forecast for the majority of New Zealand due to a high pressure system sitting over the country. A front in southern and eastern parts of New... Read More