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Three car crash slows traffic

A three car crash brought traffic to a crawl in Te Puna earlier today. The incident occurred at around 12pm near Te Puna Station Road, on State Highway 2. A police... Read More

Plunket celebrates 110th birthday

For more than a century Plunket has been invited into the homes of families and whanau across the country and touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of babies. Plunket... Read More

Double crewing for road ambulances

This year's budget will include an additional investment of $59.2 million over four years to ensure all road ambulance call outs are double crewed. St John has... Read More

Story behind the story of the S.E.5

It sits in a glass show case in the corner of the shop at Classic Flyers. It's treasured. It's a quarter scale model of the 200hp, 149kw, Wolseley Viper piston... Read More

Thieves add insult to sadness

Shirley Gussey is angry and she doesn't hold back. 'Your despicable, disgusting, lowlife behaviour will come back to haunt you.” Shirley's threat is directed... Read More

Party foods cheaper than healthy foods

Common party foods fell in price over April, while prices for vegetables rose, Statistics New Zealand reports. Overall, food prices fell 0.8 percent last month. Statistics... Read More

Revitalising Rotorua’s inner city

Work on the third stage of the Manawa - Heart of the City project, which aims to revitalise Rotorua's inner city, is set to begin on Monday. The refresh of the... Read More

Katikati Maestros need more voices

It doesn't matter if you're a bass, baritone, tenor or countertenor - if you can carry a tune, work well in a team, and want to share your talents with the community,... Read More

Curtain going up in Katikati?

They're toying with the idea of a new creative arts centre in Katikati, for both visual and performing arts - cinema, theatre and art gallery perhaps. 'Something... Read More

Rates postponement and remission

The Whakatane District Council has approved a rates postponement and remission process which goes beyond the provisions of its existing rates remission policy. At... Read More

The power of street art

'Who the hell is it?” ‘Who' is a bearded face, concrete strong features and steely fixed stare, which is manifesting through a matrix fashioned on a... Read More

Local women recognised at hockey awards

Two local women received recognition for their service to Tauranga Hockey at last week's Hockey New Zealand Awards. Caroline Bigham was named Community Administrator... Read More