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Harbour survey starts for wastewater pipeline

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Ukraine honours Tauranga aid leader

Kiwi K.A.R.E founder and chairman Tenby Powell has been awarded Ukraine's Order of Merit, one of the country's highest honours. The award recognises the New... Read More

'Too hilly': Family farm wins two top awards

A 60ha Te Ranga block has been in the Mark family since 1912. One hundred and fourteen years on, the family have won the Bay of Plenty Bayleys People in Primary... Read More

Kawerau weighs up cost of cutting highway speed

Kawerau District Council will go to the community for feedback about extending the 70km/h zone on State Highway 34 by the town. This follows a recent report... Read More

NZ’s favourite biscuit – according to you

You might need a cup of tea with this one, New Zealand. Your best biscuit is the Sultana Pastie. Yeah, nah. The chocolate-coated dried fruit travesty didn't... Read More

Pet owners urged to check chip details

Pet owners are being encouraged to take a few minutes to check their animals' microchip details this week. Animal welfare advocates are warning that a microchip... Read More

Coroner examines evidence in toddler's death

Warning: This story deals with the death of a child and may be distressing. A coroner's inquest has heard about a 'large boggy swelling” observed... Read More

New salt chlorinator for pool costs council $100k

An 'immediate health and safety risk” at a Waihī swimming pool means getting summer ready will cost ratepayers $100,000. The existing gas chlorinator... Read More

Wairoa Bridge cycleway reopens after slip damage

Cyclists can once again use the State Highway 2 Wairoa Bridge cycleway after a temporary safety fix was completed, following months of closure due to slip damage. NZ... Read More

Person seriously hurt after vehicles hit cow

A person has been seriously hurt after vehicles hit a cow in the Eastern Bay of Plenty this morning. A police spokesperson said they were called to State... Read More

Tauranga presses ahead with solo authority bid

Tauranga City Council has lodged a solo proposal to create a new unitary authority governing the city and surrounding Western Bay of Plenty District. That... Read More

Housing market: Tauranga bucks national slump

Tauranga has emerged as one of New Zealand's strongest housing markets, defying a winter downturn that has seen home values fall across most of the country. The... Read More