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The Bay of Plenty Steamers playing Northland at the Tauranga Domain last season. Photo / File

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TV filming platform planned for Tauranga Domain

22 May, 2019 9:52am
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The platform would be used by SKY TV camera crews to film Bay of Plenty Steamers matches

Some councillors push for more cost-cutting. Photo / file

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Projects at risk as councillors push for cost cutting

21 May, 2019 4:33pm
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Call to put off - or cut - some projects to avoid budget 'blowout'.

Tauranga City Council corporate services manager Paul Davidson. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Big-budget projects may be deferred as city council aims to keep rates rise down

21 May, 2019 1:00pm
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Tauranga City Council will begin deliberating its Annual Plan today

Freedom camping will be banned in Pāpāmoa Domain. Photo / File

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Freedom campers to be banned in Domain

19 May, 2019 6:00am
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Campers in vans blamed for 'eyesore' at domain.

Heidi Hughes (left), and Maureen Fraser, chairwoman for Sustainable Otakiri, are organising a protest against water bottling plants and the plastic they would produce. Photo / George Novak

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Protesters fight water bottling 'tsunami of plastic'

16 May, 2019 11:51am
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The director of one bottling plant says protest organisers' claims are exaggerated

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Former council staffer fights reserve revocation plan

15 May, 2019 3:47pm
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'The park needs more protection not less'.

The pines were planted in Pāpāmoa Domain in the early 1900s. Photo / Andrew Warner

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'Dangerous' Pāpāmoa pines to be felled

14 May, 2019 8:00pm
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Summer incident prompts plan to remove 10 mature pine trees at the Pāpāmoa Domain.

Classic Builders' Kaimai Views development is where details of the KiwiBuild plans will be revealed on Wednesday. Photo / File

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KiwiBuild is coming to the Bay of Plenty

13 May, 2019 4:55pm
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KiwiBuild will announce details of Bay build on Wednesday in Ōmokoroa.

Athenree Action Group secretary Rhys Pearson supports a one-way system to cut congestion in Katikati's main street. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Katikati bypass alternatives pitched

13 May, 2019 5:45am
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Two proposed options would shift traffic on to residential roads.

Home-based brothels will be treated like other home businesses under new council rules. Photo / File

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New rules for home-based brothels

7 May, 2019 3:15pm
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Home-based brothels cannot set up within 100m of schools and places of worship.

The Trustpower TECT rescue helicopter is a potential beneficiary. Photo / File

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TECT's $21m windfall 'surprise'

5 May, 2019 9:00am
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Consumers to decide between $295, $240 or $0 in their pockets.

Bay of Plenty Times reporters, from left, Kiri Gillespie, Samantha Motion and Scott Yeoman at the start line of The Great Race. Photo / George Novak

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Car, bus, bike – which commute is quicker?

4 May, 2019 8:28am
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We race from Welcome Bay into the Tauranga CBD – by car, bus and bike.

Welcome Bay mum of two Amanda Swanepoel says the free fare trial has made a big difference to her family. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Gridlock: Can free school buses reduce congestion?

3 May, 2019 1:11pm
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Have people used the free service - and what's been the impact on traffic?

Maungatapu, Matapihi and Matua were among inner harbour areas projected to be most at risk of erosion. File photo

THE COUNTRY

Harbourside erosion risks in Tauranga, Western Bay revealed

30 Apr, 2019 5:49pm
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Maungatapu, Matapihi and Matua among areas of the city most prone to erosion.

Tai Taikato, chairman of Maungatapu Marae trustees, and Tauranga Environmental Protection Society secretary Antoon Moonen. Photo / George Novak

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'No plan B' says Transpower as appeal begins

30 Apr, 2019 7:00am
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'There is no Plan B - just a choice between this proposal ... and the status quo'.

Heather Grace and other residents of Wakefield Dr and Edwin Grove want the council to reduce by half three trees handing over their properties. Photo / George Novak

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Residents want 30m+ protected trees halved

25 Apr, 2019 9:00am
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'London plane trees are wonderful in a park, but not sandwiched between houses'.

Mount Maunganui residents have the steepest average proposed rates increases. Photo / Getty Images

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Tauranga rates rises: A suburb-by-suburb breakdown

23 Apr, 2019 9:00am
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Some suburbs could be hit nearly 10 times harder than others by their rates rises.

Jenny Hobbs, Katikati Community Board chairwoman. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Katikati bypass DIY funding option considered

20 Apr, 2019 7:00am
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'Our vision for the next 20 or 30 years can't be dependent on an imaginary bypass'

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Photo / File

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CGT rejection a win for 'greedy' people, says campaigner

18 Apr, 2019 7:00am
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Others say the decision will bring a sigh of relief to many ordinary people.

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Tauranga council never 'promised a green space': Consultant

17 Apr, 2019 10:02am
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Green space 'promise' not supported by facts, says independent reviewer.

The failed Bella Vista development in The Lakes. Photo / File

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CEO refutes Mayor's Bella Vista 'break even' hope

17 Apr, 2019 8:00am
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Marty Grenfell estimates the total cost to ratepayers will be around $4 million.

A walk through of the Bella Vista demolition and salvage site. Photo / File

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Council's Bella Vista costs hit $4.2 million

16 Apr, 2019 6:15am
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The mayor still hopes the council will be able to break even eventually

Tauranga Mayor Greg Brownless says the council won't hide from the findings. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Damning findings in report into controversial Tauranga City Council projects

12 Apr, 2019 6:42pm
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'There is a clear link between the culture of an organisation and its performance'.

The design of the roading layout in Greerton was safety focused, with little attention to the traffic impact, a review found. File photo / Andrew Warner

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Council 'omitted' negative traffic impacts of Greerton project

12 Apr, 2019 4:35pm
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'Fundamental information' omitted from public consultation materials.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council coastal catchments principle advisor Toby Barach says there is a lesson to be learned about single-use plastics. Photo / George Novak

THE COUNTRY

Rena lessons used in West Coast 'eco-disaster' cleanup

12 Apr, 2019 8:00am
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Lessons from Rena cleanup used after flood spreads landfill rubbish on West Coast beaches.

Mount Maunganui College head boy Louis Donovan says making all school travel for students fare-free would be fairer for families. Photo / George Novak

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Council mulls free school buses

11 Apr, 2019 10:00am
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'As a school student I see so may kids struggling to afford to pay for buses'

Tauranga RSA members Russell Williams and Dick Frew have joined the national Remembrance Army. Photo / George Novak

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Tauranga veterans clean memorials ahead of Poppy Day

10 Apr, 2019 9:30am
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RSA members are volunteering their time to clean cemetery memorials to veterans.

Sea Scout leader Steve Aldridge was one of those who found Lipinski. Photo / George Novak

NEW ZEALAND

Cold, wet and bruised but alive: Rescuers tell how they found missing man

9 Apr, 2019 9:00am
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Kevin Lipinski had been missing for about 17 hours when he was found on Sunday morning.

Ngāi Te Rangi Settlement Trust chairman Charlie Tawhiao. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Tribunal inquiry into Hauraki treaty issues to begin

7 Apr, 2019 10:00am
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Ngāi Te Rangi says the Crown's deal is an attack on the iwi's status and authority.

Hazel Howie and Arlo the dog are ready for the Gumboot Friday dog walk. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Tauranga gets behind Gumboot Friday

4 Apr, 2019 4:11pm
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Throw on your gumboots and help raise money for counselling for Kiwi kids on Friday.

Cameron Rd and Hamilton St are both named after English men who fought in Pukehinahina, the Battle of Gate Pā. Photo / George Novak

NEW ZEALAND

Row blows up over military street names

4 Apr, 2019 7:00am
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'It is a conversation that is long overdue.'

New Tauranga Art Gallery director Alice Hutchison with the gallery's new tap-and-go $7 donation option. Photo / George Novak

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Art gallery starts charging tourists an entry fee

3 Apr, 2019 7:05am
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The Tauranga Art Gallery has introduced an admission fee for international visitors.

Oh, the missed opportunity. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Comment: Buses, oh what a missed opportunity

2 Apr, 2019 10:00am
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Tauranga needs a first-class bus system - fast, writes Samantha Motion.

Awhina House manager Angela Wallace, right, and Haidee Kalirai. Photo / George Novak

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Begging, rough sleeping bans to be enforced in Tauranga

31 Mar, 2019 7:00am
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Tauranga City Council to take an "educational" approach to its controversial new rules.

NZ Bus says reliability of Tauranga's buses has been 98.8 per cent this month. Photo / Andrew Warner

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NZ Bus spent $400k to solve Tauranga driver shortage

29 Mar, 2019 5:07pm
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CEO: 'I have no issue with us being able to deliver all services that we are committed to'

Congested traffic crossing the Hairini Bridge. Photo / File

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Support for Tauranga's hard line on NZTA funding

29 Mar, 2019 8:00am
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Tauranga put $22 million worth of transport projects on hold

A bus pulls up at the Bayfair interchange on the first day of the new network. File photo / Zoe Hunter

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Tauranga buses: Council says it is holding NZ Bus to account

29 Mar, 2019 7:00am
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Council pleads commercial sensitivity as it refuses requests for costs

Looking up from Lakes Boulevard towards the Aneta Way houses. Photo / George Novak

BUSINESS

Bella Vista: More details about remediation decision revealed

28 Mar, 2019 7:02am
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Costs of demolition and a 22nd property purchase revealed

The proposed path, in red, would have run opposite the existing path. Image supplied / Tauranga City Council

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Pāpāmoa residents petition against 'pointless' pathway

27 Mar, 2019 1:00pm
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The path would have run in front of houses but the petitioners say they are not nimbys.

Demolition work has started at the Bella Vista subdivision in the Lakes. Photo / Andrew Warner

BUSINESS

Bella Vista claims: Haters gonna hate, says councillor

26 Mar, 2019 6:19pm
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Tauranga City Council 'unequivocally rejects' claims about failed subdivision.

Begging and rough sleeping will be restricted in the CBD and centra Greerton and Mount Maunganui from April 1. Photo / Getty

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Legal challenge to begging, rough sleeping bans

25 Mar, 2019 6:00am
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A councillor who pushed for the bans believes they will withstand legal scrutiny.

A policewoman patrols past a memorial wall outside the Linwood Mosque in Christchurch on March 21. Photo / Getty

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Bridges supports gun control reforms

22 Mar, 2019 9:59am
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'The terrorist attack in Christchurch last week has changed us as a nation.'

A Chinese folk dance group at last year's Multicultural Festival. Photo / Andrew Warner

NEW ZEALAND

Multicultural festival back on after mosque attacks

20 Mar, 2019 11:24am
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'We want to do it for everybody. To celebrate diversity and not be put down'

Pāpāmoa ward councillor Steve Morris says more needs to be done regarding tsunami threats to the area. Photo / File

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'We need to lead' - Pāpāmoa councillor on tsunami response planning

20 Mar, 2019 11:00am
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'The science is changing'

Gemma Larsen with Neko's collection of ill-gotten footwear. Photo / George Novak

LIFESTYLE

Cat burglar Neko steals 50 shoes, prefers left ones

20 Mar, 2019 7:42am
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'I have no idea why he is bringing them. Is it like a gift?'

The Tauranga City Council's annual plan for 2019-20 is going out for consultation. Photo / George Novak

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Tauranga City Council budget out for feedback with 3.9pc rates increase

19 Mar, 2019 4:54pm
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Few councillors had anything good to say about the council's financial position

Developers Peter Cooney, Scott Adams and Nathan York addressed Tauranga City Council on Tuesday. Photo / Samantha Motion

BUSINESS

Land supply crisis: 'I'll be laying people off'

13 Mar, 2019 5:00am
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'The situation is much worse than you may think', says Peter Cooney of Classic Group.

Pāpāmoa East, pictured in 2016, is home to multiple Special Housing Areas. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Plans for 500 houses canned after policy repealed

12 Mar, 2019 3:32pm
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A study found Special Housing Areas were bad for housing affordability.

Lewis Williams has started a Givealittle page to help her get 'desperately needed' cochlear implant. Photo / supplied

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Cochlear implant funding 'a complete inequality in our health system'

12 Mar, 2019 12:00pm
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Two Tauranga women with profound hearing loss share their stories.

Michael Jackson is at the centre of allegations in the Leaving Neverland documentary. Photo / File

LIFESTYLE

Kiwi cafe protests Michael Jackson TV doco, plays his greatest hits on rotation

11 Mar, 2019 3:03pm
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Cafe owner says reaction from customers to her protest has mostly been positive.

Work to remove the upper levels of the Lakes Boulevard houses is set to begin next week. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Housing NZ, developers interested in Bella Vista properties

9 Mar, 2019 10:00am
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New revelations about the future of the 21 problematic properties

Adam Milnes, with hat and rod, with his 300.2kg blue marlin and 41.2kg yellowfin tuna. Photo / supplied

THE COUNTRY

Tauranga fisherman lands 300kg marlin

7 Mar, 2019 3:33pm
Quick Read

Adam Milnes snares two great catches on day one of the Stoney Creek One Base tournament.

The Tauranga City Council administration building on Willow St. Photo / George Novak

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Tauranga councillor cleared after complaints

7 Mar, 2019 6:22am
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The councillors blame each other's actions for ratepayer money being spent on the issue

Mr G with his Million Dollar Gumboot. Photo / George Novak

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Givealittle page launched for Mr G's Million Dollar Gumboot

6 Mar, 2019 7:12pm
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The artist said he loved the idea of New Zealand buying the boot

Pāpāmoa East residents eagerly await the opening of the next stage of Te Okuroa Dr. Photo / George Novak

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Te Okuroa Drive extension in Pāpāmoa East may open next week

6 Mar, 2019 5:00pm
Quick Read

A bitumen issue threw a slight spanner in the works at the last minute

Gary Dawson, chief executive of Bay Venues, at Baywave. Photo / George Novak

BUSINESS

'Shortcuts' blamed for Baywave's up to $4m repair bill

6 Mar, 2019 8:00am
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CEO blames failed building company's 'shortcuts', 'inferior materials' for issues

The Baywave TECT Aquatic and Leisure Centre needs urgent structural repairs. File photo

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Approved - Councillors say 'yes' to funding of up to $4.1m for urgent Baywave repairs

5 Mar, 2019 3:29pm
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Bay Venues is seeking urgent funding for the repairs from the Tauranga City Council

The 1400sq m council-owned property at 11 Mission St, outlined in red and neighbouring The Elms, may be gifted to the Otamataha Trust. Image / Supplied

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Objections to council plan to give $1m Elms section to Māori trust

5 Mar, 2019 2:27pm
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Opposers labeled a proposed peppercorn rent arrangement with the trust as 'rubbish'

NEW ZEALAND

The mystery of Tauranga's missing electric buses

4 Mar, 2019 9:25am
3 minutes to read

NZ Bus and council respond to report buses were 'shipped to the wrong country'

A Higgins truck is lifted by crane at the crash scene on Tuesday. Photo / George Novak

BUSINESS

'My worst nightmare' - Fletcher leader on crash that killed three workers

1 Mar, 2019 7:15am
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Three men lost their lives in a crash on Monday while working to clear a culvert on SH2.

Paraglider pilot Dean Remnant took this photograph over the scene of the horrific Pikowai crash that killed three people.

NEW ZEALAND

Paraglider's photo captures full horror of Matatā fatal crash from the air

28 Feb, 2019 3:11pm
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Man who flew over the Bay of Plenty crash that killed three road workers has come forward.

Mr G with his latest work, Kauri Kamuputu aka the Million dollar Gumboot. Photo / George Novak

NEW ZEALAND

Tauranga first to host Mr G's $1m gumboot

28 Feb, 2019 5:01am
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'If I had a million bucks I'd buy it'