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Andre a gun in the athletics scene

Tauranga's Andre Gunderson is one to watch out for in the future. The 13-year-old Te Kura Correspondent School student is one of the finest young athletes on... Read More

Serious crash closes Bay of Plenty highway

Multiple people are reported to be injured in a crash in the Bay of Plenty this afternoon. Emergency services are responding to a serious crash on State Highway... Read More

NZ Blood needs your help

The New Zealand Blood Service is calling for all A+ blood donors in the Auckland, Tauranga and Waikato Region. A post on Facebook says they really need your... Read More

Tauranga City clambers aboard the bicycle

It's another meaningful nod to the future role of the bicycle in Tauranga's alternative transport and recreation plans. They're Tauranga City Council's... Read More

Marriage and divorce continue downward trend

The marriage rate for New Zealand residents in 2018 was the lowest since the peak in 1971, continuing a long downward trend, Stats NZ says today. The general... Read More

The hues and moods of autumn

'How beautifully leaves grow old!” wrote John Burroughs, the American naturalist and essayist. 'How full of light and colour are their last days.” Burrough's... Read More

Hauraki District rates set to change

Hauraki District ratepayers will see some changes to their rates after 1 July 2019. The changes have come about for two reasons - an average non-water rates increase... Read More

Steve Morris: Papamoa leaflet ‘misleading’

An anonymous leaflet appearing in Papamoa residents letterboxes raising concerns about the waterways has turned out to be misleading. The leaflet, which... Read More

Three Kiwis in top 10 in Hyeres

Three of New Zealand's Laser sailors are in the top 10 at the Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères but all admitted to having their struggles... Read More

True hero: ‘Fred August took a hit for me’

'My head was pinned and I could just see his face out the corner of my eye …. I was screaming out to him, screaming out Fred, screaming his name. Hoping... Read More

Election promise: ‘I’ll give my salary back’

If voted in, Tauranga's newest mayoral candidate Danny Cancian says he will give all of his salary back to the people that lost out in the Bella Vista development. Danny... Read More

Woman hospitalised after Tauranga crash

One person is in hospital after having to be freed from a vehicle following a serious crash in Tauranga. Emergency services were called to the crash on Fraser... Read More