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Talented young artists from Mount Maunganui Intermediate with their design destined for the NZ Tattoo & Art Extravaganza's wearable arts section. Photo/Will Johnston

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The youth of today... are actually quite caring

12 Apr, 2018 8:20pm

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Vintage tractor enthusiast Eric Green with one of his favoured Farmall tractors that will be at Crank Up Day.

THE COUNTRY

Vintage tractor's jump to life for Crank Up Day

5 Apr, 2018 1:25pm
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The Tauranga Vintage Machinery Club will showcase a bygone era at Crank Up Day.

SPORT

Every Williamson test 100 ranked

28 Mar, 2018 12:00pm
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By popular demand, we rank the record-breaking Black Caps skipper's 18 test centuries.

Te Puke High School student Natasha Henderson is losing her locks in a Shave for a Cure event at the school on Friday.

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Students to have heads Shaved for a Cure

22 Mar, 2018 10:00pm
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Over a dozen Te Puke High School students will have cold heads for a while.

Shaving for a cure is (from middle clockwise) Felix Denyer, Sam Bourke, Daniel McKeran, Matthew McLachlan, Riley Warren and Wil McCormack. Photo/Rebecca Mauger

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Losing their locks for a good cause

22 Mar, 2018 8:00pm
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Six pupils, principal and teacher are shaving their heads tomorrow for cancer.

Otumoetai College students Cory Dyer (left), Alice Cerdeira, and PK Wadsworth will bring their robot Thought to the Night Owl Cinema community event. Photo/File

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Family fun film evening at Fergusson Park

22 Mar, 2018 5:00pm
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A family festival will culminate in the screening of family movie Big Hero 6.

Tauranga Boys' College Combo performing at the 40th National Youth Jazz Competition at Easter 2017. Photo/Supplied

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Jazz stars of tomorrow take centre stage

22 Mar, 2018 2:00pm
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The 56th National Jazz Festival kicks off with the youth jazz competition.

Radio station historic village George Stewart station manager. Photo / George Novak

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Wanted: Volunteers for Tauranga air waves

15 Mar, 2018 2:33pm
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More volunteer announcers are needed at the Village Radio Station in Tauranga.

Maxine Quinn (left) and Rorie Quinn at the Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter Open Day on Sunday. Photo / George Novak

Opinion: Chopper attracts crowds for rescue day

12 Mar, 2018 1:33pm
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Imagine if there was no such thing as a rescue chopper to come and get you?

Tauranga CBD campus design concept. IMAGE/SUPPLIED

Learn about courses at the new university

11 Mar, 2018 3:28pm
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Year 13 students, careers advisors, teachers and parents are welcome at the study fair.

The Gym's high performance class is raising money for the Heart Foundation. Photo/Supplied

The Gym hosts 50th anniversary dinner

11 Mar, 2018 3:20pm
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The Gym members in Tauranga are fundraising for the Heart Foundation.

The Jennian Homes Mother's Day Fun Run held last year in Tauranga. Photo/File

Focus on women's heart health with fun event

11 Mar, 2018 2:45pm
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Now in its seventh year, the annual event supports 'Heart Foundation for Women'.

Hedges and edges can pull a garden together. Photo/Supplied

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Hedges useful as screens and wind breaks

11 Mar, 2018 2:13pm
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Hedges and edges can pull a garden together.

Katrina Thompson has about nine miniature horses she has taken in and is looking for homes for. Photo/File

NEW ZEALAND

Hunt to find homes for miniature horses

11 Mar, 2018 1:50pm
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Katrina Thompson has taken in nine miniature horses and two dogs from the same owner.

Pets looking for a home

11 Mar, 2018 1:10pm
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Call the Tauranga SPCA on 578 0245 for more information on any of these pets.

A fascinating, albeit smelly whale of a time was had on Happy Harbour Day. Photo/File

OPINION: Watching a shark being dissected in a public park

9 Mar, 2018 11:30am
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A fascinating, albeit smelly whale of a time was had on Happy Harbour Day.

NZ School of Radio managing director Hamish Denton with students Justine Harvey and Cam McCarthy. Photo/Supplied

Radio school graduates nab top jobs

9 Mar, 2018 8:35am
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NZ School of radio students are learning new skills like video making and TV presenting.

Eva Jeffries, 9 (left), and Amelia Tapsell, 9. Photo/George Novak

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Young ballerinas win roles on big stage

8 Mar, 2018 3:25pm
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Bay ballerinas Eva Jeffries and Amelia Tapsell are living their dream.

HAPPY FAMILY: Rob, Jonté and Donna Watkins.

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Creating one big happy family

8 Mar, 2018 12:49pm
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Donna and Rob Watkins on adopting their son.

It's celebration time for Carol McIntyre and she celebrates 30 years in the butchery department. Photo/Carmen Hall

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Celebrating 30 years

22 Feb, 2018 9:51am
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Carol McIntyre never imagined she would spend 30 years in the same job.

Simone Anderson from the Incubator Creative Hub says it is in growth mode . Photo/John Borren

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Incubator growing arts for the city

23 Feb, 2018 9:32am
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Business is buzzing at the Incubator Creative Hub as Tauranga's art scene booms.

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Public art transforms city streetscape

22 Feb, 2018 9:43am
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Tauranga City Council has spent $441,000 on artworks since 2015.

Joshua Naidoo 10, took part in the fishing competition last week. Photo/George Novak

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Fishing for memories

22 Feb, 2018 10:05am
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Can you remember catching your first fish?

International students at Summerhill's look-out. Photo/Supplied

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Making new students feel welcome

18 Feb, 2018 1:08pm
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A new free orientation programme to welcome international students has kicked off in Bay.

Japanese student Sophie Iwakiri (fourth from left) has graduated from Katikati College in the top five per cent of her class. Photo/Supplied

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Voice for international students

17 Feb, 2018 1:16pm
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International students given a chance to share their life stories and local experiences.

Will Johnson likes the idea of the bartering currency. Photo/File

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

The money or the fish?

16 Feb, 2018 12:15pm
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What I love is that seafood/meat/basically anything is used as currency in this country.

A honey bee collects pollen from a flower. Photo/File

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Bee happy – learn the basics

16 Feb, 2018 12:07pm
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People who are interested in keeping bees need to do their homework.

Papamoa beekeeper Steve Mitchell. Photo/John Borren

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Hives creating a buzz in Bay gardens

15 Feb, 2018 6:40pm
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Urban beekeeping is on the rise as backyards in the Bay.

Tauranga Library manager Joanna Thomas. Photo/File

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Library member numbers rise

9 Feb, 2018 9:00am
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Tauranga City Libraries is hoping to crack the 50,000 membership mark this year.

Briar Simons owns Xanadu Book Exchange and has been collecting books for 30 years. Photo/Andrew Warner

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Business booming for bookworm

9 Feb, 2018 8:59am
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Business is booming in Papamoa for bookworm Briar Simons who owns Xanadu Book Exchange.

Whakaue Whanau Day at Maketu. Stacey Naera, (left), Corine Mihaere, Te Rangipuawhe Mihaere. Photo/Ben Fraser

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Hundreds of people attended the Whakaue Whanau Day at Maketu on Sunday. The day aimed to get families together to enjoy themselves and it was themed around the water and the land. Ben Fraser and George Novak were there.

Hundreds of kittens like these ones are in foster care throughout the summer months in homes with foster families like Christelle High. Photo/Rebecca Mauger

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Foster families give kittens a chance

4 Feb, 2018 9:00am
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Christelle High, Bay News 1 February 2018

GROUNDBREAKER: Erin Atkinson was the first female to win the Bay of Plenty Young Grower of the Year competition last year. Photo/supplied

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Gearing up for BOP Young Grower title

3 Feb, 2018 1:00pm
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Erin Atkinson

Rochelle Free will be on her bike on Valentine's Day for Go By Bike Day. Photo/Andrew Warner.

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

On your bike for bike month

2 Feb, 2018 9:37am
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Bike month, Bay News 1 February 2018

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Social sport cheerleader

1 Feb, 2018 3:39pm
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Will Johnston Bay News 1 February 2018

Director of training Wendy Issac with Kiwi Pride Australian Labradoodles owner Jody Woodhouse. Photo/supplied

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Labradoodles find their niche

27 Jan, 2018 12:00pm
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Bay News 25 Jan 18

Lucas Forlong has ADHD and his mum is fundraising for a therapy dog. He is pictured with Celebrity the Labradoodle. Photo/Andrew Warner

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Help Lucas get a therapy dog

27 Jan, 2018 10:00am
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Lucas Forlong, Bay News 25 January 2018

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Helping fun happen

26 Jan, 2018 7:00pm
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Will Johnston 25 January 2018

Local favourite Craig Morton in a previous Te Puna Speed Shear event.

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Speed shear on a mission to pay for Milo's training

11 Jan, 2018 1:30pm
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A local fundraiser will help raise funds for Milo, an assistance dog for a boy with autism

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

The world needs more elves

21 Dec, 2017 1:40pm
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Will Johnston, Bay News 21 December 2017

BOPDHB and Countdown staff with the 2017 Countdown Kids Hospital Appeal cheque for $99,440. Photo/supplied

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Countdown appeal raises $100,000

17 Dec, 2017 8:00am
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Countdown kids hospital appeal 2017

Venture Centre are holding their popular Codebrite holiday coding courses again next year, starting in January. Photo/supplied

Holiday fun for computer mad kids

16 Dec, 2017 11:00am
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Venture Centre, Bay News 14 December 2017

Papamoa Playcentre thanks Mazda. Photo/supplied

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Mazda helping community projects

16 Dec, 2017 10:00am
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Mazda Foundation

Will Johnston with the team from Classic Builders who kindly donated food to help Fill the Bus. Photo/supplied

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Helping fill Christmas tables

15 Dec, 2017 9:15am
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Will Johnston, Bay News 1 December 2017

BLESSING: Road to Bethlehem cast includes Trevor Goldstone, Razmik Cachatoor, Samantha Wright, Murray Jennings and Jodi Duncan. Photo/Daniela Brown

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Christmas story told in Bethlehem

14 Dec, 2017 4:06pm
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2017 Road the Bethlehem

Leos from Otumoetai have raised money for Josie Calcott's second cochlear implant. From left, Sarah Greenwood, Rachel Domett, Josie, Anna Domett and Paige Taylor. Photo/supplied

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Leos get behind Josie

10 Dec, 2017 4:00pm
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Josie Calcott and Otumoetai Leos

Daniel Petersen from Tauranga City Library and Brenda Anderson with some of the donated gifts intended to make a child smile. Photo/supplied

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Make a child smile this year

9 Dec, 2017 2:00pm
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Tauranga City Library, Bay News 7 December 2017

Katelyn Coetzee from Golden Sands Primary School has started a Santa Shoebox Project. Photo/Stuart Whitaker

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Project 'Santa Shoebox'

9 Dec, 2017 12:00pm
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Katelyn Coetzee

Foodbank manager Nicki Goodwin would like to say a thousand thank yous to the community for their support in the Bay of Plenty Times Christmas Appeal. Photo/Andrew Warner

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Lifestyle

Stock up food bank's shelves

8 Dec, 2017 12:17pm
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Nicki Goodwin

Super fun times for Will Johnston watching kids get over that finish line at the Weetbix Kids TRYathlon. Photo/Luuka Jones

Making that finish line

8 Dec, 2017 12:06pm
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Will Johnston, Bay News 7 December 2017

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