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Tauranga school‘s speakers stolen for third time

A school in Tauranga has been left with thousands of dollars of repairs after thieves damaged property in order to steal school speakers. Tauranga Primary School... Read More

Covid-19: 14,633 cases nationwide, 762 in the BOP

The Ministry of Health is reporting 14,633 new community case in New Zealand today. In it's daily 1pm update, the MOH says there are currently 344 people... Read More

NZ youth smoking rates at all time low

The ASH Year 10 Snapshot Survey published today shows New Zealand's daily youth smoking rates continue to decline across all ethnicities. Overall rates have... Read More

Tonga eruption: New tsunami alert in works for NZ

A new national Civil Defence tsunami alert category is being worked up following the huge impact of the Tongan eruption on Northland's coastline. No lives... Read More

BOP playdate takes sinister turn

A weekly playdate involving two Whakatane mothers and their children took a sinister turn in a public toilet. A post on the Whakatane Matters Facebook page tells... Read More

Worm farm: From 20 buckets to three billion

The world's largest worm farming operation started with 20 buckets of worms, now it has three billion. "It's probably 16 truck and trailer loads - easily,"... Read More

Chipsealing starts again on SH25

Motorists planning on travelling via State Highway 25 in the Coromandel area are being advised to prepare for road works this week. Following on from the resealing... Read More

NZ 2021 Young Horticulturist announced

For the third consecutive time, a viticulturist has won the Young Horticulturist competition. Blenheim's Rhys Hall, 28, who works in Waihopai Valley as assistant... Read More

Rejuvenated racing at Baypark delights drivers

A Tauranga racer has got what he wanted following a feature race victory. It was result Rodney Wood wanted from Saturday night's Bays of Thunder meeting, when... Read More

Chance of tropical cyclone forming this week

Weather authorities are predicting a chance of a tropical cyclone to form near New Zealand this week. According to WeatherWatch.co.nz, the next South Pacific... Read More

Isolation shift for NZers returning from Australia

The shift from MIQ to home isolation for vaccinated New Zealanders travelling from Australia starts in today. Airports are expecting thousands more passengers... Read More

Govt under pressure to ease border restriction

Political pressure is mounting on the government to move faster on easing border restrictions as the domestic outbreak escalates. The number of new community... Read More