Health
08:38am Mon 10 Aug, 2015
The number of people being referred to see surgeons has increased by 30,000 in the last two years. In 2013, 108,861 people were referred to a surgeon for a variety... Read More
02:41pm Sun 09 Aug, 2015
This year marks the Youth Health Clinic's sixth year in operation - and yet, very little is known about this mobile GP practice. Youth worker Mickel Rawiri with... Read More
07:01am Sun 09 Aug, 2015
In a Bay of Plenty first, Mount Maunganui's Fischer and Fischer Optometrists has invested in new equipment that can test the performance of prescription lenses and... Read More
11:38am Fri 07 Aug, 2015
Unlocking the imaginative powers we all once had when we were children is one aim of the Countdown Kids Hospital appeal. Now into its ninth year the annual appeal... Read More
11:04am Fri 07 Aug, 2015
That British indie rock outfit ‘Florence and the Machine' is pumping out. '…I like to keep my issues drawn,” the song goes. 'It's always darkest... Read More
09:27am Fri 07 Aug, 2015
The public is invited to participate in an online public survey as part of an evaluation of Waikato District Health Board's community health forums. It is open to... Read More
06:51am Fri 07 Aug, 2015
Tauranga streets will soon be awash with yellow to celebrate the Cancer Society's 25th annual Daffodil Day Appeal. The Waikato/Bay of Plenty Cancer Society is asking... Read More
06:00pm Thu 06 Aug, 2015
Works by a former methamphetamine addict, a university professor, a monk, two vicars, a documentary film maker and a mental health commissioner are among the finalists... Read More
02:50pm Tue 04 Aug, 2015
A helicopter rescue over the weekend involving an injured motorcyclist was the first air transportation of a spinal injury patient under the new Ministry for Health... Read More
11:48am Tue 04 Aug, 2015
From selling cheese rolls to hosting cake stalls, Countdown and hospital staff are rallying the Bay of Plenty community to support this year's Countdown Kids Hospital... Read More
02:11pm Mon 03 Aug, 2015
Nikki Wilson and Kristie Purton were looking to do something nice for someone, so they hid ‘scratchies' in the books in the library. That would have been a... Read More
01:31pm Mon 03 Aug, 2015
A man who allegedly used fake documents to secure a job as a psychiatrist with the Waikato District Health Board for six months has lost his bid to keep his identity... Read More
18-Dec 14:30
Innovation festival brings futurist to Tauranga
18-Dec 13:00
MetService tips warm, dry Christmas for BOP
18-Dec 11:30
Flames and smoke pour from car on SH29
18-Dec 11:00
Christmas Day in prison
18-Dec 11:00
Tauranga hairdressing apprentice wins top award
18-Dec 10:00
Police refused chopper, wrongly thought teen dead
18-Dec 08:15
Firefighters cordon Pāpāmoa petrol station
18-Dec 08:00
Tauranga's $306m civic precinct: Who should pay?
18-Dec 07:00
Dive into Katikati’s newly upgraded pools!
18-Dec 06:30
Cops crack down on drinking in alcohol-free areas
17-Dec 18:04
Snapchat predator case moves to High Court
17-Dec 16:43
SH2, north of Katikati, open after serious crash
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