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What's going on with the price of butter?

If you have bought butter recently you might have noticed something - it is a lot more expensive. Stats NZ said last week that the price of butter was up... Read More

Charity drives a lifeline for families like Emma's

When Jacinda and Tim Barber travelled from Rotorua to Auckland just before their baby was born, they had no idea how critical Ronald McDonald House Charities... Read More

Tauranga trial: Man admits beating woman

Warning: This story deals with details of domestic violence and may be distressing. A man has admitted causing injuries that turned a woman's blonde... Read More

LGxit: Another council legs it from LGNZ

Western Bay of Plenty District Council is the latest council to leave national advocacy body Local Government New Zealand. There were claims LGNZ had become... Read More

Even ‘middle class’ struggling to pay rent

A new affordable housing development that will provide homes at 80% of market rent to essential workers highlights that even 'middle class” people... Read More

Notorious criminal alleges assault by prison guard

Lifetime parolee Dean Wickliffe is on day eight of a hunger strike in Springhill Corrections Facility, alleging a guard beat him up on March 6 following his... Read More

Connecting Whakamārama and Ōmokoroa communities

Are you curious about what's happening in the forests, reserves, and coastal areas around Whakamārama and Ōmokoroa? A new EWOC - Environmental Whakamārama... Read More

Work is under way to repair the Coromandel Walkway

Work is under way to repair a damaged section of the Coromandel Walkway. The Coromandel Walkway, connecting Stony Bay and Fletcher Bay, follows the contour... Read More

Championship wins for husband and wife duo

Altherm Yamaha KMD Team Manager Grant Shivas had several good reasons to celebrate after the New Zealand Superbike Championship wrapped up at Taupo Motorsport... Read More

BoP and Waikato state highway road works for March

Motorists travelling through Rotorua, along State Highway 30 Te Ngae Road near Wharenui Road, will see work is well underway to upgrade and install traffic lights... Read More

Join police on a Ride Along

Jump in the front seat with frontline staff in a revival of New Zealand Police's popular video series, Ride Along. The day-in-the-life videos follow four... Read More

Internet down in parts of Western Bay

Chorus' copper network is down in parts of Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga. Businesses and homes with fibre connections do not seem to be affected. Most... Read More