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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

Live updates on Russia-Ukraine conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military command to put nuclear-armed forces on high alert as Ukrainian fighters defending the city of Kharkiv... Read More

Don’t cut corners when caring for disabled people

Disability care providers do not need to sacrifice the dignity of those they care for to manage health and safety, WorkSafe New Zealand says. Last year the... Read More

Police ask public for information on Pāpāmoa fire

Police are asking the public to help provide information about a fire that has torn through a business in Pāpāmoa. Barber Shack in Gravatt Road has had to close... Read More

Request for home bakers to bake for hospital staff

Are you a home baker? Rise up Tauranga is calling on the Bay of Plenty community to provide fresh home baking as a way to show support for the front line staff... Read More

Covid-19: 14941 new cases, 305 in hospital

There are 14941 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health has announced. Of these, 812 new cases are in Bay of Plenty and 208 in Lakes. There... Read More

Community rise up to help support local service

A freezer and the use of a van have been donated to a Tauranga social service organisation that is stretching its resources to meet the increasing needs of the... Read More

R-value soars as Omicron surges

New Zealand currently has one of the highest Omicron R numbers in the world, surpassing all 180 countries on a Covid-19 modelling map. The R number is the average... Read More

Lucky Tauranga Lotto player wins $26,511

One lucky Tauranga Lotto player will be celebrating after winning $26,511 with Lotto Second Division in Saturday night's Lotto draw. The winning Second Division... Read More

NZ laboratories fighting to control Omicron

The past two weeks have seen the most difficult and demanding phase of the two years of the Covid pandemic for New Zealand's diagnostic laboratory workforce, says... Read More

BOP cricketers’ World Cup hopes

Two of the Bay of Plenty's leading ladies of cricket are hoping the upcoming ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, which begins in Mount Maunganui next week, will... Read More