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Stepmum sick of everyone thinking she's a murderer

Murder accused Jessica Mulford got up on the morning of April 9, 2022 and made a coffee before checking on her 2-year-old stepdaughter, Harlee-Rose Niven. She... Read More

Increasing demand for pre-teen vaping education

Demand for vaping education for 10 to 12-year-olds is increasing and has quadrupled in the past year. Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ vaping educators... Read More

Artist dabbles in a variety of different mediums

Marise Rarere's art spans a range of medium 'with each influencing and informing another”, she says. The Raglan artist often has several strands of... Read More

Let’s Keep It Local Te Puke campaign gets reboot

Te Puke is a busy business town. And there's little reason to go elsewhere for most things. Te Puke Economic Development Group is rejuvenating its Let's... Read More

Forestry industry issued with fatality alert

A fatality alert has been issued to the forestry industry about operating diggers on unstable ground based on preliminary investigations into the deaths of two... Read More

Hit by two cars breaks "every bone" in body

A Whakatāne teenager 'broke every bone in his body” - and survived - after being hit by two cars while walking home in the middle of the night, his sister... Read More

SH29 at Redwood Lane under stop/go for 2 days

As part of the State Highway 29 Tauriko Enabling Works project, work is underway on underground power lines around the SH29 and Redwood Lane area. This is... Read More

Full throttle racing, a test of nerves and skills

If you can picture superbike racing on a grass track, then you'll have no trouble at all imagining what it may look like at the annual New Zealand Motocross... Read More

New councillor representing “paradise”

Some would say you can't improve on paradise, but Chris Dever is going to try. Chris has been officially sworn in as an Ōmokoroa Community Board Member at... Read More

Winter Games NZ 2024 start on Friday

Winter Games NZ, the biggest snow sports event in the Southern Hemisphere, is primed to run from Friday August 23 Winter Games NZ and its resort partners... Read More

Further support to councils to speed up recovery

Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell has allocated $16.8 million of Budget 24 funding to support councils in accelerating recovery efforts... Read More

Trust opens funding to help community

The Project Waihī Beach Community Trust (Project Waihī Beach) has announced its fund-holding hosting facilities, designed to empower local groups by enabling... Read More