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Main southerly now heading into the North Island

The main southerly blast is moving up the North Island now after bring low level snow, even sea level snow briefly, to parts of the South Island last night. "Snow... Read More

Bella Vista homeowners: ’We did not ask for this’

Victims of a botched housing development in Tauranga have told the city's council they want to be paid the full market value of their homes before defects... Read More

Salvinia eradication underway at Papamoa

The Ministry for Primary Industries started work to eradicate salvinia from the Wairakei Stream in Papamoa. Salvinia is an unwanted organism and notifiable organism... Read More

Tauranga’s Goldstone takes championship title

Racing in his first full year of offroad competition, Tauranga driver Mark Goldstone has fought off all comers to take the northern region championship title. ... Read More

Calls for tougher rules on logging

Tougher rules are needed to stop logging operations from causing the devastation seen in Tolaga Bay at the weekend, a leading environmentalist says. Millions... Read More

D-day for Bella Vista homeowners

The hopes, dreams and futures of every homeowner in the Bella Vista debacle is in the hands of Tauranga City Council elected members. Councillors will today decide... Read More

Tobacco standardised packaging from today

The tobacco standardised packaging regime will be enforced from today, meaning tobacco packets will be the same standard dark brown/green background colour... Read More

Tauranga’s growth is charging ahead

There are continued signs of a booming economy in Tauranga, with building consents soaring to record proportions. According to Priority One statistics, Tauranga... Read More

Man injured after tractor slides down hill

A tractor driver is in hospital with lower leg injuries after he had to bail from the farm machinery when it started to slide down a hill. The Waikato Westpac... Read More

D-Day and chilly night

The weather forecast today is for long fine spells. A few showers, mainly in the afternoon and westerlies turning southerly in the early evening. It's a three-clothing... Read More

Dawn protests over Tauranga Moana area

More than 200 descendants of Ngai Te Rangi and other Tauranga iwi gathered on the Tauranga side of the boundary at the Athenree rest area this morning, to assert... Read More

Temperatures drop as snow falls on NZ

A cold front moving over New Zealand has started to march up the South Island bringing a dumping of snow. WeatherWatch.co.nz has had reports of isolated snow... Read More