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Taupō homicide: police investigation continues

Police are continuing to investigate the death of a man at the Adelphi Motel in Taupō. Police say the death occurred at about 6.30am on Sunday and are treating... Read More

Covid: Bridges hopes Speaker doesn‘t mute him

Tauranga MP Simon Bridges remains in high spirits despite becoming the third MP to test positive for Covid-19. He jokes of his hope that he is not muted with... Read More

Climate change: funding on offer from Council

Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council is offering support to communities who are concerned about climate change, particularly for those who are looking to better... Read More

Covid: 1174 cases in BOP as hospitalisations rise

There are 1174 new cases of Covid-19 in the Bay of Plenty today as hospitalisations across the region and nation continue to climb. Overall, across New Zealand,... Read More

Cost of living NZ‘s biggest national concern

As the Commerce Commission is gearing up to release its final report into the grocery sector tomorrow, new research from Consumer NZ has found the top national... Read More

Rotorua bus service reduced for Covid-19

Rotorua bus users are being asked to check before they travel, as the Cityride network moves to a revised Covid-19 bus timetable from Wednesday, March 9. The... Read More

Mixed reaction to Luxon tax promises

The National Party's promise to scrap all the new taxes introduced by Labour since coming into power has been met with both praise and scepticism. Party leader... Read More

Whakatāne Mill to expand after avoiding closure

Whakatāne Mill will expand the size of its current operations, less than a year after it looked set to close and leave hundreds of employees without work. The... Read More

Help wanted to stop spread of pest plant

Tauranga resident Christine Martin is on a mission to reduce the spread of the poisonous moth plant in the Bay of Plenty. She is calling on people in the community... Read More

Covid-19 case drop should be treated with caution

The trend of falling daily cases Covid-19 should be treated with caution, the Ministry of Health says. There were 15,161 new community cases Sunday, more than... Read More

State highway road works for the month ahead

During March road contractors will continue to progress significant maintenance programmes across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty state highway network. Waka Kotahi... Read More

Two Lotto players share $1 million

Two lucky Lotto players from Auckland and Gisborne will be on cloud nine after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in Saturday night's Lotto draw.... Read More