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Hamilton stabbing site blessed

The site where a Hamilton man was stabbed to death has been blessed and the cordons lifted. Police lifted the cordons yesterday following the fatal stabbing of... Read More

No injuries in highway crash

No one was injured in a crash on State Highway 36, between Tauranga and Rotorua. Emergency services were called to the crash at the intersection of Te Matai and... Read More

Tourists threaten endangered birds

Tourists visiting a Rotorua geothermal attraction are disturbing populations of one of New Zealand's most threatened bird species. This comes just months ahead... Read More

Black ice warning for region’s roads

Motorists are being warned to expect ice on the roads in the Bay of Plenty and Coromandel with three degrees being recorded at 6.45am. Icy road conditions are... Read More

Mount Kilimanjaro hike raises $6000

A Tauranga personal trainer is going on the hike of a lifetime up Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness and funds for the Mental Health Foundation of New... Read More

Charity wins $1000 at polar plunge

It was the coldest night of the year last night, but it didn't stop entrants from diving into the ocean in this year's Papamoa Polar Plunge. Men, women, and children... Read More

From a Papamoa garage to the world

He had half an idea of being a butcher, perhaps a taxidermist. Even an engraver, etching intricate scrollwork on firearms. It would have been a natural progression... Read More

Squeezing out stress in waiting rooms

A nine-year-old girl's thoughtfulness and generosity has brought thanks from the staff of Tauranga Hospital's Emergency Department. Meiah Aitken-Keogh was visiting... Read More

Kura marks five years in Bethlehem

Te Wharekura o Mauao is marking five years at its Bethlehem campus, in which time the school has gone from strength to strength. Prior to 2012, the Maori medium... Read More

The coldest night of the year

Last night temperatures for many major centres hit the lowest seen so far this year. Although no long-standing records were broken, the cold snap would have got... Read More

DHL gets on board for the Black Fins

DHL is helping deliver the opportunity to see the Black Fins compete on a home beach as the naming rights sponsor of the DHL International Surf Rescue Challenge... Read More

Engineering firm closes, 140 jobs lost

New Zealand's largest foundry and one of the country's oldest engineering firms, A&G Price of Thames, went into liquidation this week with the loss of around 140... Read More