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Reduce waste while funding hospice care

Waipuna Hospice is excited to launch 'Waipuna Wares” - their budget friendly range of second-hand goods inside their Mount Maunganui store opening on August... Read More

Calls to keep WBOP pipes clean from fatbergs

People are being urged to ‘think before you pour' after an unusually high number of FOG - fat, oil and grease - blockages in Western Bay's wastewater pipes. "Over... Read More

Work continues on SH2 slip

NZTA Waka Kotahi contractors are making excellent progress on the slip which fell on State Highway 2 at Waiotahe beach overnight on Sunday. Crews have been... Read More

Police to axe 170 roles in bid to save $53 million

Police are looking to shed 170 roles in a bid to save $53 million over four years to meet the government's cost-cutting directive. Commissioner Andrew... Read More

Covid-19: 1693 new cases, 28 further deaths

More than 1500 people a week are still contracting Covid-19 in New Zealand and three or four people a day are dying from it. There were 1693 new cases of... Read More

New radiology clinic opens in Tauranga

Bay of Plenty cancer patients will no longer need to travel to Auckland or Hamilton for specialist scans as a new radiology clinic has opened in Tauranga. I-MED... Read More

$164m Cameron Rd upgrade fails to get funding

Funding for a key road project that could enable more homes in Tauranga has been declined by the New Zealand Transport Agency. The business case for the $164... Read More

Crash on Tauranga Eastern Link

Emergency services are responding to a vehicle crash on the Tauranga Eastern Link - State Highway 2. "Due to a crash on SH2 /Tauranga Eastern Link after the... Read More

Stepmum sick of everyone thinking she's a murderer

Murder accused Jessica Mulford got up on the morning of April 9, 2022 and made a coffee before checking on her 2-year-old stepdaughter, Harlee-Rose Niven. She... Read More

Increasing demand for pre-teen vaping education

Demand for vaping education for 10 to 12-year-olds is increasing and has quadrupled in the past year. Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ vaping educators... Read More

Artist dabbles in a variety of different mediums

Marise Rarere's art spans a range of medium 'with each influencing and informing another”, she says. The Raglan artist often has several strands of... Read More

Let’s Keep It Local Te Puke campaign gets reboot

Te Puke is a busy business town. And there's little reason to go elsewhere for most things. Te Puke Economic Development Group is rejuvenating its Let's... Read More