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Repair Café back for 2024!

It may be a matter of weeks since Christmas, but the volunteers at Tauranga Repair Café are expecting to be busy fixing broken toys along with the usual... Read More

Beach volleyball tour is back for 2024

The first weekend of the 2024 GJ Gardner Homes NZ Beach Tour at Mount Maunganui has now come to a close following the men's and women's finals on Sunday. In... Read More

Frosts and snow possible for tomorrow

One thing about having more than half of New Zealand in the roaring forties belt of weather means colder Southern Ocean changes happen even in the middle of... Read More

The little girl with a deadly condition

Lisa Jessop was delighted to watch as her baby girl started to crawl, uttering her first words. But then the smiley little girl, with strawberry blonde... Read More

Boaties: don't leave your car parked in the lake

Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Te Arawa Lakes Trust are urgng boaties not to leave their cars parked in the lakes while out in their boats. "If vehicles... Read More

Tourists rescued after being trapped at cape

Police are reminding people to do their research before heading out for any shoreline or wilderness walks, following a rescue along the east coast. Shortly... Read More

Iconic Tauranga business closing down

A popular Tauranga business that has delighted tourists and locals for 30 years is closing down as the centre of town is 'dead”, despite having... Read More

Northern Brave's hopes kept alive

Marama Downes' record maiden bag is keeping Northern Brave's title hopes alive. Booking a spot in the women's Dream11 Super Smash Elimination... Read More

Efforts to save whales & dolphins ends tragically

Valiant efforts to save a pod of whales and dolphins ended in tragedy on Sunday night when officials made the decision to euthanise the distressed animals. Up... Read More

Rolling closures on SH25 today

State Highway 25 at Ruamahanga north of Thames will be closed for short periods today, Monday, January 22 to allow for a helicopter to safely operate over the... Read More

Rarotonga airflow across top of NZ

An airflow from Rarotonga which has been spreading across the top of New Zealand on Sunday with a weak low north of the country interacting with high pressure,... Read More

Inspired, motivated or plain ‘stubborn’

He materialises out of the gloom on Tauranga's McLean St every morning. A shadow from the shadows. Long before the city has yawned and stretched awake. The... Read More