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Kids and adults reeling in winners

The Tall Poppy Omokoroa Boat Fishing Club Competitions were held in two weekends across March. The kids' competition took place on Sunday, March 3 which was New... Read More

Tauranga netball fans meet their idols

All eyes were on two young Tauranga netball fans as they met their Magic and Stars heroes on centre court at Wednesday's ANZ Premiership match. Eleven-year-old... Read More

Tauranga hosting future athletics stars

The North Island Secondary Schools Athletics Track and Field Championships are being held at the Tauranga Domain on April 6 and 7. Athletics Tauranga President... Read More

Mayor calls time on ‘rewarding career’

It's time. With those simple words Hauraki District Mayor John Tregidga announced he won't throw his hat in the ring for the top spot at the upcoming elections... Read More

Bowls players an arm’s length ahead in Tauranga

The game of lawn bowls is being advanced by an aid known as the Hacksaw Bowling Arm. It's inevitable in any sport that injuries may arise due to continual physical... Read More

Bella Vista: Mayor admits ‘ball was dropped’

Tauranga Mayor Greg Brownless is vowing to hold to account those responsible for the botch-up at the failed Bella Vista housing development. Twenty one homes... Read More

BOP residents lose close $300,000 in cyber attacks

New data from CERT NZ shows the Bay of Plenty region experienced losses of $298,741 to cyber security attacks in 2018, with scams and fraud incidents being... Read More

Can New Zealand really be smokefree by 2025?

Is the government's goal for New Zealand to be smokefree by 2025 a pipe dream? Anti-smoking groups want bold action, writes John Gerritsen. Outside a Wellington... Read More

Top NZ shavers here in the Bay

An 11-year-old boy from Pyes Pa, and one of the smallest schools in the Western Bay of Plenty have topped the whole country in raising funds during the Shave for... Read More

National Remembrance Service to be held at Baypark

Tauranga City and Western Bay of Plenty District Council Mayors welcome members of their communities to join them to watch the simulcast of the national memorial... Read More

Tauranga drifters competing for D1NZ title

Some of the best competitive drifters in Australasia will be on show in Auckland this weekend, as Pukekohe Park Raceway hosts round four of the 2019 D1NZ Drifting... Read More

Person critical following workplace accident

One person is in a critical condition after a workplace accident this afternoon. Emergency services were called to the scene of a workplace on Jellicoe Street,... Read More