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Matua residents ask for more time

Matua resident Emily Marks is concerned her community were not given enough options in a Tauranga City Council survey about the future of Kings Ave Reserve. Starting... Read More

POUND fundraiser for SPCA

A new fitness is craze is offering a free demo this weekend to help fundraise for the Tauranga SPCA. POUND is one of the world's fastest-growing group fitness glasses.... Read More

Nail-biting final ends in victory

The ladies from the Tauranga Bowls Club have come from behind to score a stunning victory in their team final at the World Masters Game. The game on Thursday morning... Read More

Mount challenge raises $73K plus

The absolute final number is still being tallied, but locals have raised more than $70,000 so far in the recent MORE FM Mount Everest Challenge. This year all of... Read More

Furniture from Tauranga to Edgecumbe

The Cargo Shed has been made available for Rise Up Tauranga to coordinate the collection and delivery of furniture from Tauranga homes to the Edgecumbe community... Read More

Body reported in Whakatane water

UPDATED 3.15pm: Police Search and Rescue, and Coastguard, are in attendance at the Whakatane River, responding to a report just before midday of a person in the... Read More

Power back on in Greerton

UPDATED3.45pm: A feeder fault that caused 245 Powerco customers in Tauranga to lose power this afternoon but service is now fully restored. Power supply was lost... Read More

Sports centre turns one

One year on and the University of Waikato Adams Centre for High Performance has exceeded expectations and has a bright future. The Mt Maunganui centre for sporting... Read More

Ram raid at Tauranga liquor store

Alcohol and cigarettes have been taken in a ram raid at a Tauranga liquor store. An alarm was set off at the Thirsty Liquor Store on Chapel Street around 12.15am. There's... Read More

Owner reunited with missing boat

A lucky Tauranga boat owner is reunited with his missing boat, and all the dive and fishing gear onboard, after the 5.5m Stabicraft disappeared from Motiti Island... Read More

Flooded farms in recovery mode

After two weeks of pumping away water, farmers on the Rangitaiki Plains have begun spreading fertiliser and grass seed and repairing fences, in preparation for... Read More

Remember Tauranga's first city mayor

The first mayor of the modern Tauranga City Nobby Clarke has died at the age of 87. Keith ‘Nobby' Clarke was the first mayor of an expanded Tauranga City... Read More