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Pioneer forges farm frontiers

Messrs Boone and Crockett had it tough when they dragged their sorry asses across rugged terrain as they forged forth into the wild frontier. Those savvy pioneers... Read More

Chilly challenge raises thousands

So far more than $24,000 has been raised as people step up and take an icy plunge for the 2014 Heart Stoppers Challenge. People have gathered at Coronation Park... Read More

Your thoughts on legal highs

The sale of legal highs has been temporarily banned in Hamilton following months of pleas from the community to get rid of synthetic cannabis. The mother of a Tauranga... Read More

Beach living surging

Luxury living by the beach is experiencing resurgence, coinciding with the launch of a new show home at the premiere master-planned community Coast Papamoa Beach. The... Read More

Giving disc golf a go

This Sunday, Myles Darrell and members of Tauranga Disc Golf are offering a chance to have a go at the low-key sport, which combines elements of Frisbee-throwing... Read More

Rena piece enters harbour

UPDATED: 5.20pm. The Rena bridge section has arrived in harbour on the RMG1000 barge. The first section of the Rena's sunken stern was towed in, more than two years... Read More

TrustPower CEO light headed

TrustPower chief executive Vince Hawksworth will light up the room when he returns to work with no hair after losing his locks for child cancer this weekend. The... Read More

Thoughts on dog attacks

How should people avoid attacks by dogs? Following the dog attack on the seven year old girl who was mauled by four dogs in Murupara this week, residents were asked... Read More

Girl bitten 100 times

A seven-year-old Japanese girl mauled by four dogs in the yard of a Murupara property this week was bitten more than 100 times. Her medical team today told media... Read More

Surprise centenary baby born

A Tauranga couple were given two surprises today when their baby boy was born earlier than expected on what they didn't realise was Tauranga Hospital's 100th birthday. Madeline... Read More

Rena piece awaiting lift

A 350 tonne block of the sunken accommodation section of the Rena wreck has been cut off and dragged to Motiti Island where salvors are attempting to lift it. Resolve... Read More

Labour vows to remove Rena

Labour leader David Cunliffe is vowing to make the owners of the grounded Rena ship pay the full cost of the clean-up and remove the wreck remains from Astrolabe... Read More