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Schools to close as cyclone bears down

UPDATE 8.51PM: Greenpark School, Merivale School and Steiner School have made the call to keep their schools closed tomorrow. UPDATED 8.04PM: Maungatapu and Tauriko... Read More

Our Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year?

A Tauranga woman described as ‘successful yet so down to earth' is in the running to take out the 2017 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year Award. A qualified... Read More

Elderly man killed in crash

UPDATED 7.59PM: Police have confirmed that the person killed in a crash in Taupo earlier this afternoon was a 77-year-old man. Senior Sergeant Fane Troy says man... Read More

Powerco crews on standby

Powerco has field crews on high alert in the event of expected heavy rain and high winds over the next two days causing damage to its network. Powerco Network... Read More

Mussel breeding research pays off

A major breakthrough in breeding mussels commercially has been welcomed by Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy. He says the first harvest of high-value greenshell... Read More

Cyclone Cook to affect most of NZ

Cyclone Cook remains a Category 1 cyclone although it should become an ex-cyclone by Thursday. The latest update from WeatherWatch.co.nz says the latest tracking... Read More

Saving Gate Pa kindergarten

Gate Pa Kindergarten needs to find at least 10 more children to enrol, or it could be closing down. That was the outcome of yesterday's meeting at the kindergarten,... Read More

Fatal crash in Hauraki Plains

State Highway 27 is shut down this afternoon as emergency services deal with a fatal crash in the Hauraki Plains. The two-vehicle collision happened around midday... Read More

Easter packs for Edgecumbe

A playcentre helping a playcentre is how it started. Beth Knight, a member of Greenpark Playcentre decided to help out some Edgecumbe Playcentre families with packs... Read More

Memorial Park trees get chop

Three Memorial Park trees are to be felled this week. But they're not native and are in poor condition, says Tauranga City Council project manager Steve Wiggill. The... Read More

Flooding destroys homes and businesses

Massive flooding in Eastern Bay of Plenty has destroyed homes and businesses, leaving many people homeless and forcing many more to evacuate. With more bad weather... Read More

The latest update on Cyclone Cook

Cyclone Cook is now expected to make landfall in an area from Coromandel Peninsula to Western Bay of Plenty around 6pm Thursday. MetService says the cyclone is... Read More