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Budget leaves blood cancer patients behind

Blood cancer patients, advocates and doctors say the lack of new funding for medicines in the Budget locks in four more years of "denied access and patient harm". There... Read More

Navy veteran honoured with Anzac quilt for service

A Tauranga man who gave two decades of his life to the Royal New Zealand Navy in the 1960s and 1970s has been honoured this week for his contribution with something... Read More

Kurt’s 600km in gumboots

Kurt Thomson is easy to spot when he's training for his upcoming charity walk. He's the one pounding the pavement wearing a pair of gumboots. The Pāpāmoa... Read More

Teen fundraises for Fiji mission trip

If you get asked to donate money to Alaska - don't panic, you won't be bankrolling an entire state of America. Bethlehem College student Alaska Shaw, 13,... Read More

Syos Aerospace wins big at NZ tech awards

Building 'big things” in a small place has won a Mount Maunganui robotics company the top honour at the prestigious NZ Hi-Tech Awards. Syos Aerospace,... Read More

No KiwiSaver credit, but pension OK

A government decision to means-and-income-test support available to children and younger people, but not alter the eligibility for NZ Super, has prompted questions... Read More

Jevon McSkimming 'strongly denies' allegations

Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming says he "strongly denies" any allegations he acted inappropriately in relation to the vetting process for... Read More

Tauranga parks take top honours

Tauranga has proved it knows how to play, with four wins at the 2025 Recreation Aotearoa Parks Awards in Auckland this week. Tauranga City Council walked... Read More

Rotorua sheds polluted air status today

Rotorua has officially lost its 'polluted' air quality status after 15 years of coordinated action by the local community and Bay of Plenty Regional... Read More

Sky-high excitement for auction

Model aircraft are starting to fill up sheds around town - and Tauranga Model Aircraft Club members are starting to froth. The club's annual auction fundraiser... Read More

Misleading figures on NZ youth suicide rates

Last week, a UNICEF report grabbed headlines with claims that our youth suicide rate was three times higher than the international average for high-income countries. Two... Read More

Free horticulture courses on offer

Bay of Plenty residents have the chance to start part-time horticulture courses - which usually cost $1000 each - for free this winter. Tauranga's branch... Read More