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Okere Falls re-opens to rafters

River flows on the Kaituna are back to raftable levels after 72 days of high flows following heavy rain in March/April. Rotoiti lake levels and flows are recovering... Read More

Plenty of medals for Irish dancers

Local Irish dancers came back from Cambridge last month with a big haul of medals and trophies. Eight students from the Tina Peet School of Dance competed at the... Read More

Body found in Lake Arapuni

A body has been found in the vehicle police recovered from Lake Arapuni in the Waikato today. The vehicle is a 2014 silver Ford Ranger missing Arohena woman Kim... Read More

Port company slams ‘blockade’.

Trying to stop 50,000 tonne ships using small boats is ‘silly' say Port of Tauranga CEO Mark Cairns today. 'To me the silliest thing is, we remember five... Read More

Combating the winter blues

Finding it hard to wake up in the mornings? Feeling a lack of energy? Feeling generally down? You may be suffering from SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder. SAD is... Read More

Dairy conversion attracts large fine

A Waikato dairy farming company has received seven convictions and been fined a total of $52,500 for discharging dairy effluent into the environment and breaching... Read More

Iwi blocking harbour entrance

Iwi blockades are in place at the Tauranga Harbour Entrance to stop commercial shipping traffic leaving the Port of Tauranga. A flotilla of small boats is positioned... Read More

Anti-racism campaign launched

A campaign urging New Zealanders to give nothing to racism and refuse to spread intolerance has been launched by some of the country's most well-known people. 'How... Read More

Maori Kiwifruit Forum an industry first

The Maori Kiwifruit Growers Forum has been officially launched in Tauranga, representing a first for the kiwifruit industry. The forum has been created to advocate... Read More

Weather in a minute with Rosalie

This morning we have a frosty start to a fine day with cloud increasing towards the evening. It's a four-clothing-and-one-windproof layer day, with a high of 14... Read More

Elections three months away

As far as Tauranga MP Simon Bridges and Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller are concerned, the 2017 campaign for election 2017 has well and truly started. Simon and Todd... Read More

Man and young child threatened with gun

An investigation into a Bay of Plenty firearms incident where a man and his young child were threatened with a gun will feature on Police Ten 7 tonight. The incident... Read More