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Rotorua councillors chastised at heated meeting

'This is a circus.” That was one frustrated comment during a heated three-hour council debate about a golf club lease, in which the mayor asked a councillor... Read More

Fire razes Pāpāmoa house

Emergency services are at the scene of a house fire in Pāpāmoa. "We are in attendance of a house fire, we have a crew from Tauranga, Mount Maunganui... Read More

Temperatures set to plunge as polar blast arrives

A chilly polar blast is set to hit the country after an unusually warm week. Cold southerlies could bring snow to low levels - 400-500m - in the South Island... Read More

Tauranga man tries 'hundreds' of eczema treatments

More than 400,000 Kiwis live with eczema, an incurable skin condition that can cause itchiness, discomfort and pain. One sufferer says sometimes the itchiness... Read More

One dead following crash on Tauranga's Maleme St

One person is dead following a crash in Tauranga. Emergency services were called to the crash between a motorbike and car in Maleme Street just after 6am. "Despite... Read More

A reptile world in rural Katikati

While Donna and Graeme Hannah's neighbours on one of the rural ‘veins' - the side roads - of Katikati tend to and grow their orchards and livestock, they... Read More

Tauranga man had no symptoms before diagnosis

The day Tauranga man Mike Lane found out he had prostate cancer, he returned to the construction site he was working at and 'pottered around by myself for a... Read More

‘Float first’ to stay alive in cold water

It may be the middle of winter, but today being World Drowning Prevention Day is a timely reminder to respect the water through all the seasons. In the first... Read More

Roving cameras to gauge parking, but no tickets

New technology will be taking note of illegal parking and time-limit offenders in Katikati over the next three months. But you won't be fined ... for... Read More

SH36 to fully close for two weeks for slip repairs

Underslip repairs starting soon on State Highway 36 between Tauranga and Rotorua, will require the highway to be fully closed during the day for two weeks between... Read More

BOP filmmakers in national film finals

The Bay of Plenty film community is humming with anticipation leading up to the national grand finals of the Vista Foundation 48Hours film competition, coming... Read More

NZ on track to have more renters than homeowners

Fewer than half the population are likely to own a home in the next 25 years, according to new research. A Deloitte report, commissioned by Westpac, found... Read More