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Meet the people behind Tauranga’s $128m museum

Tauranga's first museum will open in 2028, but work on it has already begun. Local Democracy Reporting toured the city's heritage collection and met the... Read More

Katikati College returns with a jump in enrolments

Katikati's Park Rd will soon be bustling with tweens and teens as they make their way back to school. Katikati College returns on February 5 (for Year 7 and... Read More

Summer on State Highway 29

Crews continue to tackle a significant programme of summer maintenance on State Highway 29 (SH29). Work to rebuild and resurface the road across 9 sites... Read More

Crash near Welcome Bay sends one to hospital

Update 10.14am: A car has left Waitao Road, Welcome Bay, and gone three metres down into a drain, according to a Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesperson. "No... Read More

Vietnamese plan big party for Lunar New Year

It will be a night of reunions as the Vietnamese community in Tauranga celebrates the Lunar New Year for the first time together. 'We just have fun,”... Read More

Reaching out to more Bay of Plenty veterans

Veterans' Affairs and a pan-iwi charitable trust have teamed up to extend the reach and range of support available to veterans in the Bay of Plenty, Veterans... Read More

Targeted maths trial to boost student success

Students struggling with maths are set to benefit from a targeted acceleration programme designed to build confidence in the classroom, said. 'Last year,... Read More

Heavy Traffic expected across Bay of Plenty

Heavy traffic is expected across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions as people head to their holiday destinations, says Andrew Brosnan, NZ Transport Agency Waka... Read More

Over 30 meth lollies never recovered, no arrests

More than five months after the first meth lolly was found, police have confirmed the operation is winding down, with 27 out of 61 never recovered. Lollies... Read More

NZ urged to fight Holocaust ignorance and hate

Eighty years after the liberation of Auschwitz, an Auckland woman whose father survived the notorious Nazi death camp is urging New Zealanders to keep learning... Read More

Government hints at major mining announcement

The Government has hinted at a 'major” mining announcement next week. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon emphasised mining's role in boosting the economy... Read More

Mansion firm charged worker, fired a week later

An Auckland construction company used a Singapore agency to charge a migrant thousands of dollars in fees to get a job, and sacked him after a week. The Employment... Read More