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Make your house twinkle and win!

Dig out your trees and baubles, blow up your inflatable Santa and start untangling your strings of Christmas lights, because now is the time to plan for and enter... Read More

Education Amendment Bill passed in third reading

Tauranga Labour list MP Jan Tinetti's Education Amendment Bill passed its third reading in Parliament. The Bill requires the Minister of Education to consult... Read More

Bella Vista owners now able to move on

Former residents of the botched Bella Vista development are overjoyed they've reached the end of what has been a long and gruelling saga. The Tauranga City... Read More

Ambulance workers vote to strike

Nearly a thousand ambulance professionals employed by St John have voted to take a sophisticated series of strike actions to ensure patient safety is not put at... Read More

El Alamain, dinosaurs and the weather

In today's weather forecast we are expecting a fine and clear day with southwesterlies. It's a three-clothing and one-windproof layer day today with a high of... Read More

Storms pummel the North Island, more to come

A burst of severe weather moved across the country on Thursday, bringing over 160 lightning strikes to eastern parts of the North Island. MetService says 88... Read More

Letting fees to be banned from next month

Legislation has passed in parliament banning the charging of letting fees to tenants. Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford says this will come... Read More

Heat from lamp sparks cargo hold fire

Heat radiating from an incandescent reflector lamp has been found as the cause of a cargo hold fire on a multipurpose container vessel. The vessel Kokopo Chief,... Read More

Arts Junction adds wow factor to Katikati

Katikati's new Arts Junction has staked its claim on the old library by transforming the building into a stunning creative space. The `wow factor' starts at the... Read More

School and club sevens action aplenty at Papamoa

A chance to rub shoulders with All Blacks Mens and Black Ferns Womens Sevens teams highlights the combined Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools and Baywide Club Sevens... Read More

Shot put champ wins over Tauranga school

Kiwi World Champion shot putter Tom Walsh is a determined man. A burning desire to shut the doubters up was one of the prime motivations for his rise to the global... Read More

Development creates more public parking

Tauranga will have more space for public parking following recent development work. A project, led by CBC Construction, has seen an extension to the existing... Read More