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Tauranga granted world squash event rights

Tauranga has won the rights to host the 2021 World Squash Federation Men's Teams Championships. The city is no stranger to hosting international squash... Read More

Robinson becomes first-ever Māori Barbie doll

Sports presenter and journalist Melodie Robinson has become the first New Zealander to have a Barbie doll made in her likeness. The Mattel brand is celebrating... Read More

Prosecution a strong message to farmers

Following a Waikato farmer who was fined $131,840 for over-irrigation of effluent on Monday, DairyNZ and Waikato Dairy Leaders Group Chair Jim van der Poel says... Read More

Woman charged following school lockdowns

A 44-year-old woman has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and reckless discharge of a firearm following an incident in Bellevue this morning.... Read More

Police name Rotorua man who died in January crash

Police have named the man who died in a crash on State Highway 36 on Tuesday January 29. Tony Sebastian Parahi of Sunnybrook, Rotorua District was 57 years old... Read More

Major work planned for State Highway 2

Major work to rebuild and strengthen a section of State Highway 2 approaching Bethlehem, between Waihi Road and Moffat Road, starts this weekend. Bay of Plenty... Read More

Black smoke billowing from Thames fire

Thick, black smoke can be seen billowing from a fire at a mill near Thames this afternoon. Police are assisting Fire and Emergency Services at the Carter Holt... Read More

Quake cluster recorded in Kermadec area

Ten earthquakes measuring more than magnitude 4.9 have been recorded in the Kermadec region north of New Zealand in the past 24 hours. The largest was a magnitude... Read More

Pilot Bay a favourite with the locals

Mount Maunganui residents are spoilt for choice when it comes to beaches. For the sixth consecutive time, the Mount Maunganui Main Beach claimed the title of... Read More

Bill introduced for synthetics crackdown

Police will get stronger powers of search and seizure to crackdown on synthetic drugs under new legislation, which makes the two main synthetics (5F-ADB and AMB-FUBINACA)... Read More

Tree fall not ’Tauranga Council’s responsibility’

A tree toppling on a Gate Pa property is being called an 'unfortunate situation”. Parks and Environment Team Leader Warren Aitken says although the... Read More

Child struck by car in Hamilton

A one-year-old child has suffered serious injuries after being stuck by a car in Hamilton. Police were called to the incident at a residential property in Hamilton... Read More