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What’s on Today? Rugby family fun

Want to do something outdoors with the whole family today? Head down to Arataki Sports Club for a free Family Sunday Funday event and get the chance to rub elbows... Read More

Woman stabbed multiple times in Katikati

UPDATED 7AM: A man is in police custody after a woman was stabbed multiple times overnight. Police were notified at 7.05pm that a woman had been stabbed at the... Read More

Pod is living his dream

Damian Gordon, with a trademark head of wild grey locks, was the youngest of six siblings - all boys. The hair has nothing to do with image, but everything to do... Read More

A lovely lady called Olive

He's swooning over ‘Olive'. Fantasising, hands clasped firmly on chest, staring distantly into the air-cooled, rear-mounted stratosphere and grinning as if... Read More

Improving safety on Wainui Road & SH2

The community is being invited to have its say on potential safety improvements for Wainui Road and State Highway 2 between Ohope and Opotiki. The New Zealand Transport... Read More

The lawyer in the nets

Sports people can be weird superstitious animals. Michael Jordan wore his old college shorts under his NBA uniform. Definitely worked for him. Serena Williams will... Read More

Easter trading options for Hauraki

It's likely there will be more open signs on Waihi shop doors this Easter Sunday. The Hauraki District Council has adopted a new policy giving all retailers in... Read More

Celebrating a kaleidoscope of cultures

The world has come to Tauranga with the return of the annual Tauranga Multicultural Festival to the Historic Village today. Now into its 18th year, the festival... Read More

Richard's time warp in Tauranga

When you've spent three-quarters of a century on this lovely floating rock we call Earth, you certainly deserve to make a song and dance about your birthday. And... Read More

The fight against human trafficking

An international expert whose organisation has fought human trafficking for more than 20 years will be speaking at a public meeting near Tauranga tonight. Hagar... Read More

Rugby juniors meet rugby idols

All Blacks Jerome Kaino and Nehe Milner-Skudder will be there - and you're invited too. Families are encouraged to attend a free Family Sunday Funday event, hosted... Read More

Night works on SH2 near Whakamarama

New Zealand Transport Agency contractors will be carrying out road seal repair works on a section of State Highway 2 near Whakamarama. The works will be carried... Read More