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Catfish counting wins inaugural science award

A scientific project exploring the use of artificial intelligence and traps to identify and photograph catfish underwater to monitor population numbers has taken... Read More

A wet week for northern and central New Zealand

A sub-tropical weather system that recently caused flooding in New South Wales is heading towards New Zealand. MetService is forecasting a wet week for northern... Read More

TEL open after tractor crash

UPDATE 11.26AM: The Tauranga Eastern Link is now fully open. One lane of the highway was closed due to a tractor and car crash earlier today. A police spokesperson... Read More

What the rise in Omicron cases means

New Zealand is heading into the middle of winter, Covid-19 case numbers are rising, and health professionals warn it could mean a return to red restrictions. However,... Read More

Schools hit by illnesses holding on until Friday

Amid clear signs a second wave of Omicron has arrived, some schools have decided to make mask-wearing compulsory. This is despite no Government mandate, in a... Read More

Dorothy does it all at Oropi!

As a child growing up on a Waikato dairy farm, she would squeeze clay into the shapes of horses. Seven decades later, Oropi artist Dorothy Armstrong is still creating... Read More

Better and fairer access to legal assistance

Raising eligibility thresholds will provide a helping hand to more than 90,000 New Zealanders currently denied access to legal aid, Justice Minister Kiri Allan... Read More

Time ticking on Resident Visa applications

People have less than a month to go until the closure of the 2021 Resident Visa. Immigration New Zealand encourages those who are eligible for the 2021 Resident... Read More

Whiritoa Orchards named as supreme winner

Whiritoa Orchards have been named the 2022 Regional Supreme Winner in the Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards. Run by the New Zealand Farm Environment... Read More

Two new Te Arawa health boards begin change

Te Rōpu Hauora o Te Arawa has handed over the baton in what has been described as one of the biggest system transformations in decades. A pōhiri was held... Read More

Vehicle and trailer jack-knife on TEL

A vehicle with a trailer has jack-knifed on the Tauranga Eastern Link causing some traffic delays. Police received a report at 4.05pm that a truck had jack-knifed,... Read More

Planning for growth in the Western Bay

Western Bay of Plenty community is being invited to have their say to plan for change and growth in their neighbourhood. If they haven't already, people are invited... Read More