1. Boatbuilder riding high on demand
Surtees Boats, the Bay of Plenty-based recreational fishing boat manufacturer, is looking to gear up its production capabilities in response to strong local and export demand, says Toni Palmer, one of the five shareholder directors who are closely involved in the company.
2. Painful wait as woman denied surgery
A Tauranga woman in constant pain says she has been told there is not enough funding for her hip replacement surgery despite specialists saying she needs the operation.
3. Palmers Tauranga win supreme garden award
A Tauranga garden centre has won a national supreme garden centre award for the second time.
4. Nabbed drink drivers ''horrendous'' - police
A 32-year-old woman blew more than three times the legal limit for drink driving in a week long crack down by the Western Bay of Plenty police.
5. One lane open after stock truck crash
A number of cattle died in a crash where a stock truck and trailer overturned at Pukehina this morning.