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Mask mandate decision looming

As the government debates whether to drop masks, business leaders are voicing their support. Last week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the traffic light system... Read More

Barrier to be installed at Pilot Bay carpark

Reports of anti-social behaviour at a poplar carpark in Pilot Bay has promoted Tauranga City Council to install a barrier to prevent nightly access. The Pilot... Read More

Sampling confirms algal bloom in Lake Rotorua

Sampling has confirmed that the algal bloom in Lake Rotorua, and also affecting the Ohau Channel and the Okere Arm of Lake Rotoiti, is one that is potentially... Read More

Nominations now open for 2023 community awards

The awards that recognise the dedication of Western Bay of Plenty's philanthropic community are back for 2023. Previously known as the TECT Community Awards,... Read More

Plea for govt to lower bowel screening age to 45

The government is being told to lower the age for the bowel cancer screening programme to 45. Bowel Cancer New Zealand says there are unacceptable barriers to... Read More

Winter woolies welcome at chilly AIMS Games

Athletes from an Auckland school have been toastier than most at Zespri AIMS Games this week. Bucklands Beach Intermediate competitors are wrapped in golden scarves,... Read More

Foundation announces more than $3M in donations

More than $3 million has been distributed to 213 charitable organisations and scholarship and award programmes through the Bay of Plenty's Acorn Foundation this... Read More

Weather woes can‘t stop Nelson AIMS star

Liam Howes has found some fine weather - 'finally”. The 12-year-old from Waimea Intermediate School in Richmond has had a wet - and bumpy - road to the... Read More

Mother‘s plea for help to find daughter’s attacker

A Tauranga mother is speaking out about what she calls an eerily similar experience between what happened to her daughter and a woman who was assaulted on Devonport... Read More

Police given new powers to seize criminal assets

Police are being given additional tools to seize the illicit assets of organised criminals, Justice Minister Kiri Allan announced today. The raft of legislative... Read More

Campaign aims to fix stomach cancer inequities

A light is being shined on stomach cancer to highlight factors behind stubbornly high rates of the disease in Māori and Pasifika communities. Although incidence... Read More

Tauranga education showcase returns to South Korea

An Education Tauranga delegation of 23 primary and secondary schools and Waikato University will travel to South Korea in September for the first time since 2020,... Read More