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One Base tournament starts

One hundred fishing boats with about 400 anglers on board headed out of the Tauranga Harbour entrance today for the start Tauranga Sport Fishing club's One Base... Read More

New $3M litter campaign announced

The government has announced plans to invest $3 million in a new anti-litter campaign. Environment Minister Nick Smith says the money will be spent on a behavioural... Read More

Ngai Tukairangi seal $40m deal

Matapihi-based Ngai Tukairangi Trust's acquisition of one of New Zealand's largest kiwifruit orchards was formerly concluded in Hastings on Tuesday. The record... Read More

King stands down as Labour deputy leader

Annette King has announced she is stepping down as Labour Party deputy leader and will be retiring from politics at the end of this Parliamentary term. The Rongotai... Read More

Struck pedestrian in Waikato Hospital

The pedestrian struck by a car on the Tauranga Eastern Link on Tuesday morning has been transferred to Waikato Hospital. The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter... Read More

Rosebowl up for grabs in the Mount

Trans-Tasman women's cricket hostilities will resume this week with two encounter set to take place at Mount Maunganui's Bay Oval. With the White Ferns winning... Read More

Today’s weather with Rosalie

The weather and tides, how many layers of clothing to wear today, an interesting factoid about New Zealand history? It must be time for today's weather with Rosalie... Read More

$48m increase in milk powder value

Milk powder rose $48 million, or 7.3 per cent, in value in January 2017, despite the quantity exported falling by around 19,000 tonnes (9.4 per cent). Milk powder,... Read More

Having a beer with Andrew Little

Labour Leader Andrew Little continues his visits to regional New Zealand this week with a meeting at Cornerstone Pub on The Strand in Tauranga tonight. The pub... Read More

Mothers earn less than fathers

A new report from Statistics NZ shows the average earnings of mothers to be 17 per cent less than the average earnings for fathers. The report gives the average... Read More

Rippa Rugby returns to Western Bay

More than 2000 Year 2 to Year 8 primary school pupils will be taking part in Bay of Plenty Rugby Union's Rippa Rugby programme this year. Monday marked the start... Read More

Bus bowls over kauri

Driver error is being blamed for a Yellow Hopper bus knocking down a kauri tree outside the Tauranga Art Gallery on Willow Street. A witness who sent photos to... Read More