12:27:09 Tuesday 26 August 2025

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Parents deny neglect charges

Parents of a Tauranga toddler left with permanent brain damage after an assault at his home last year are planning to defend neglect charges at trial. The couple... Read More

Bayfair protest a no go

A group protest against stopping the mobile library planned for Saturday has been blocked by Bayfair Shopping Centre management. The protest, planned for Tauranga... Read More

New community conservation fund

Tauranga MP Simon Bridges is encouraging applications to the new Community Conservation Partnerships Fund from Tauranga City community led conservation groups. The... Read More

Pupils pitch in for clean up

More than 10 tonnes of unwanted rubbish has been cleared from the Wylie and Jones St Reserves in an operation involving more than 300 children from Gate Pa School,... Read More

Digging for a no show

Archaeologists from In Situ Heritage are digging up parts of the Gate Pa battle site this week - hoping to not find anything. 'We are excavating in order to prove... Read More

'Landmark' boost for avocados

A new 'landmark development” in the New Zealand avocado industry expected to increase returns by $280 million is being announced in Katikati this evening. The... Read More

Tauranga man admits drug charges

A Tauranga man who confessed to importing, manufacturing, possessing and selling drugs is facing a jail term of up to eight years. David Allan Dunstan, 19, appeared... Read More

Mashup comp’s call for students

Bay of Plenty students have one more day to register for the opportunity to learn key business and innovation skills this weekend. The fourth annual Trustpower Mashup... Read More

Four years for party rape

A man who raped a woman at a party in Ohope in January has been sentenced to four years and three months jail. Teina Ariki Rongonui, 18, was sentenced in Tauranga... Read More

Creatives needed for festival

Time is running out for creative people to express their interest in participating in this year's NZ Garden and Art Festival in November. The biennial festival covers... Read More

More hours on direct patient care

Bay of Plenty District Health Board nurses are spending thousands more hours on direct patient care after becoming New Zealand's first hospital to fully implement... Read More

Man charged in dog attack

The owner of the dog that bit a three-year-old boy in the face while he was playing in the yard of a Matapihi home is facing charges. Tauranga Police Inspector... Read More