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Tauranga City Council's animal services team leader Brent Lincoln is urging anyone who has seen any roaming dogs in the Parkvale area to immediately call the council. Photo / File

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Roaming dogs that killed cats in Tauranga still at large

21 Oct, 2019 7:00am
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"I cry just talking about what happened:" Tearful pet owner.

Police searching on the shore of Lake Rotorua. Photo / Stephen Parker

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Woman's body on Lake Rotorua shore 'unexplained'

20 Oct, 2019 9:22am
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Police are treating the woman's death as "unexplained".

The life and times of Tauranga veteran Trevor Blaker aged 102. Photo / Supplied

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WW2 veteran's family share memories of 'self-made' man'

19 Oct, 2019 1:00pm
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A well-known Tauranga identity has left his stamp on the city.

The Tauranga courthouse lacks a High Court jury room facility. Photo / File

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Pleas for a Tauranga High Court go unanswered

19 Oct, 2019 11:00am
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Lack of Tauranga High Court jury trial facilities has been described as disastrous.

Hinerangi Goodman has been elected as the Murupara-Galatea ward councillor. Photo / File

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Murupara-Galatea ward councillor revealed

18 Oct, 2019 8:19pm
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The new Murupura-Galatea ward councillor has been chosen after special draw.

Tauranga firefighters assist with clearing up shattered glass and other debris at ASB bank in Cameron Rd. Photo / Sandra Conchie

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No injuries after car smashed into ASB bank building

18 Oct, 2019 7:32pm
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A shop window has been smashed at the ASB bank in Cameron Rd, Tauranga

Police at the scene of the Wairoa River crash. Photo / File

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Police release name of man who died in submerged car

17 Oct, 2019 3:23pm
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The car went into the river on Tuesday night.

Long-serving councillor Bill Grainger set to begin his fifth term as a Tauranga City councillor/ Photo / File

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Tauranga City Council election results revealed

17 Oct, 2019 2:29pm
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The final Tauranga City Council's 2019 election results can now be revealed

A late-model Subaru Impreza was recovered from the Wairoa River, as police continue to investigate the crash. Photo / Sandra Conchie

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Wairoa River crash victim's body found inside

17 Oct, 2019 6:00am
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The body of a man was found inside a submerged car in the Wairoa River.

Ambulance called to injury crash on intersection of Maunganui Rd and Spur Ave. Photo / File

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Minor injuries to cyclist after crash in Mount Maunganui

16 Oct, 2019 7:06pm
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Two separate crashes in Mount Maunganui cause traffic snarl-ups.

Police on the edge of the Wairoa River. Photo / Sandra Conchie

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Car in river: Police dive squad to search for missing person

16 Oct, 2019 5:00am
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A person is still missing after a car veered into the Wairoa River.

Spice Traders store in Katikati is closed after receivers shut the doors last week. Photo / Chris Steel

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Long-standing Bay of Plenty business in liquidation and receivership

15 Oct, 2019 9:00pm
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A well-known Katikati business is in liquidation and receivers have also been appointed.

Police, fire and St John Ambulance staff attended a crash in Oropi after a ute rolled. Photo / File

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Ute rolls in Ōropi, 3 occupants injured

15 Oct, 2019 7:37pm
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Three people have been injured in a crash in Ōropi after their vehicle rolled

Two seriously injured patients have been taken to Tauranga Hospital after crash in Te Puna. Photo / File

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Two seriously injured in two-vehicle Te Puna crash

15 Oct, 2019 5:54pm
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Two people with serious injuries have been taken to Tauranga Hospital after Te Puna crash.

Rotorua Central Mall businesses targeted by vandals, police inquiries continue. Photo / File

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Vandals hit popular Rotorua shopping mall

15 Oct, 2019 5:39pm
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Police are continuing to investigate acts of vandalism in Rotorua CBD

Rotomā No.1 Incorporation chief executive Neville King in front of a section of Arawa St which is set to be redeveloped. Photo / Stephen Parker

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'Unlike anything else': $80m hotel planned for Rotorua's CBD

15 Oct, 2019 2:47pm
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Māori-centric development to employ 120 people

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious crash in Oropi, one person critical. Photo / File

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Single-vehicle crash in Ōropi, driver critical

14 Oct, 2019 5:56pm
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A single-vehicle crash in Ōropi has left the driver with critical injuries

More funding from central government will help support Tauranga's freedom camping initiatives. Photo / File

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$183K funding for freedom camping in Tauranga

14 Oct, 2019 2:28pm
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A $183K government grant will help enhance Tauranga city's freedom camping initiatives

A section of State Highway 2 is closed. Photo / NZTA

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Pedestrian dies after crash near Ōpōtiki

14 Oct, 2019 7:49am
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Pedestrian dies after being hit by a car near Ōpōtiki.

An excited Sylvia Strijkers-Fletcher, 49, from Pāpāmoa met her idol Rachel Hunter at Hunter's book-signing at Whitcoulls store in Bayfair. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Rachel Hunter wows excited fans at Tauranga book-signing

10 Oct, 2019 6:50pm
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Hundreds of fans flocked to Rachel Hunter's Tour of Beauty book signing in Tauranga.

Jayden Stuart Long, 21, made a brief appearance in the Tauranga District Court on October 10. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Man charged in Te Puke homeless death case revealed

10 Oct, 2019 5:12pm
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A Bay driver has been charged with causing the death of a homeless man.

Investing in improving roading access to the Port of Tauranga is a top priority for many of the Bay of Plenty region's leaders.

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Bay wishlist for Government's $7.5b surplus

10 Oct, 2019 10:41am
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Bay business leaders reveal how they would spend the $7.5b government surplus.

Warwick Lampp, electoral officer for Tauranga and Rotorua. Photo / File

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Lagging voter turnout prompts online voting call

9 Oct, 2019 6:00am
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Where are all the voters?

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Lagging voter turnout prompts online voting call

9 Oct, 2019 6:00am
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Where are all the voters?

Sentencing for drink-driver Tugu Wilson, 30, whose car crashed into a garage in Te Puke, leaving two of his passengers dead was adjourned in Tauranga District Court today. Photo / Georg Novak

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Te Puke fatal crash offender's sentencing delayed

7 Oct, 2019 6:00pm
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Sentencing for a drink-driver who caused a fatal crash in Te Puke has been adjourned.

MS Maasdam cruise ship passengers Stan and Christine Smith from Scotland say they 'love New Zealand'. Photo / George Novak

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Slow start to Tauranga cruise ship season

7 Oct, 2019 6:00am
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Tauranga's cruise ship season kicks off with the first cruise liner passengers.

Police at the scene in Mount Maunganui where a man's body was found on a motorboat and another man was discovered injured. Photo / George Novak

NEW ZEALAND

Body on a boat: Member of public's desperate CPR effort in vain

6 Oct, 2019 12:45pm
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Police investigating the death of boatie at Mount Maunganui.

Punter from the Bay of Plenty is $166,667 richer winning with a Lotto first division ticket. Photo / File

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Big Lotto winners from Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty

6 Oct, 2019 8:17am
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Plus, a Tauranga punter and another from the Bay each won $24,346 in second division.

Captain Frank Allica at the helm of the HMB Endeavour which has sailed from Tauranga to Gisborne. Photo / Andrew Warner

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'I feel honoured to captain her': On board Captain Cook's replica ship Endeavour

4 Oct, 2019 7:00am
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A replica of Captain Cook's Endeavour has sailed from Tauranga to Gisborne.

Passenger infected with measles flew from Auckland to Tauranga and back on September 26. Photo / File

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Measles-infected Air NZ passenger landed in Tauranga

3 Oct, 2019 3:42pm
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A person infected with measles flew from Auckland to Tauranga last month.

Dr Phil Shoemack from Toi Te Ora Public Health urges people who suspect they have measles to stay home and call their GP to help contain the outbreak. Photo / File

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Another confirmed measles case in Taupō, residents at risk

3 Oct, 2019 6:00am
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Confirmed cases of measles in the Bay of Plenty and Lakes district has jumped again

The Ohauiti Rd property owned by the Anglican Church's Tauranga Moana Parish which was being used a haven for some of Tauranga's homeless. Photo / File

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Tauranga homeless camp closes after abatement notice

2 Oct, 2019 6:00am
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A homeless campsite has closed following enforcement action by Tauranga City Council.

Omanu Superette armed robbery accused have made brief appearances in Tauranga District Court. Photo / File

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Police charge two men with Omanu Superette robbery

30 Sep, 2019 10:17am
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Two men are facing charges in relation to an armed robbery at a Tauranga superette.

More than 26 per cent of crimes reported to Bay of Plenty police were burglaries. Photo / Gettys

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Heartbreaking burglaries: But why aren't we reporting them?

30 Sep, 2019 6:00am
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More than 26 per cent of crimes reported to Bay of Plenty police were burglaries.

Janine Cork says she is coming up against

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Welfare reforms will not come fast enough: Tauranga mum

29 Sep, 2019 6:00am
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A Tauranga mother is calling on the Government to make urgent welfare changes to get ahead

More MMR vaccines have arrived in the country but priority will be given to those most in need. Photo / File

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Measles crisis: Bay of Plenty's vaccine supply may be limited

19 Sep, 2019 7:00am
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More MMR jabs set to be distributed but Bay of Plenty's access to doses will be limited.

Te Arawa Ngā Manu Kōrero winner Paretoroa Webster-Tarei shares drive behind speech topic. Photo / File

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Rotorua Boys' High student wins national title

14 Sep, 2019 4:18pm
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A Rotorua student has won a prestigious te reo Māori speech competition

Tauranga Boys College has named its hockey turf after beloved teacher Logan Gemming. His family (from left) Fergus, 8, Gillian, Fletcher, 6, Kylie and Eaton, 3, were there. Photo / George Novak

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College pays tribute to beloved teacher Logan Gemming

14 Sep, 2019 4:11pm
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Tauranga Boys College's hockey turf has been named in memory a teacher and his family

Fire fighters from Rotorua attended a blaze in a small garden shed at a Clinkard property in the area. Photo / File

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Rotorua garden shed destroyed by fire

14 Sep, 2019 2:49pm
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A garden shed at the rear of a Rotorua property has been destroyed by fire

Toi Te Ora Medical Officer of Health Dr Phil Shoemack says he hopes the vaccine shortage in the Bay of Plenty and Lakes district will be resolved within days. Photo / File

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Measles vaccine shortage sparks 'anger' and tears

14 Sep, 2019 12:30pm
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The measles vaccine shortage in the Bay of Plenty has caused upset and tears.

Students from Katikati and Mount Maunganui Colleges may have been exposed to measles at a football tournament. Photo / File

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Bay students potentially exposed to measles at sports tournament

13 Sep, 2019 6:00am
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Bay college students from two schools are being checked for exposure to measles

Young children already scheduled to get their MMR jabs come first due to limited stocks of the vaccine. Photo / File

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Young children given priority for measles jabs

12 Sep, 2019 6:40am
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Young children come first for measles jabs as stock is low.

Hemi Paki and his son Aidyn Paki were sentenced in the Tauranga District Court. Photo / File

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Pair in Matakana Island assault avoid prison

11 Sep, 2019 9:00am
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Two men must undergo alcohol counselling after assaulting a man on Matakana Island.

Whakapumautanga Clarke, (from left) Daniel Chase and Cody Griffin in the Rotorua High Court last year. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Kinloch killer's jail term appeal dismissed

10 Sep, 2019 2:00pm
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Convicted Kinloch manslaughter offender fails to get his jail term reduced.

Inspirational Rotorua teacher Linda Grey will be farewelled in Rotorua on September 11. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Outpouring of grief and love for 'role model' teacher

10 Sep, 2019 12:00pm
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A Rotorua teacher is remembered as an "amazing" role model for the teaching profession.

Yesterday <note>Sept 6 w</note>as the first anniversary of the death of much-loved Rotorua identity Aunty Bea. Photo / File

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Headstone unveiling for legendary Aunty Bea

7 Sep, 2019 11:00am
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Beatrice Tui Louise Yates will forever be remembered for her "heart of gold".

Ōpōtiki District Council declares a climate change emergency, the latest council in the country to do so. Photo / File

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Ōpōtiki council joins climate change emergency movement

5 Sep, 2019 8:31pm
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Ōpōtiki District Council is the latest to join climate change emergency decree movement.

Sediment-laden stormwater flowing from the Baygold site towards SH2 at Pikowai. Photos / Supplied

BUSINESS

Bay company breached earthworks resource consent

5 Sep, 2019 7:31pm
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Bay of Plenty firm admits discharging sediment-contaminated water during earthworks

Aerial view of the bus crash scene on State Highway 5 at Ngātira. Photo / Westpac Rescue Helicopter

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Bay of Plenty's grim road toll continues to climb

5 Sep, 2019 3:00pm
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The Bay of Plenty's road toll has taken another major hit after a bus crash near Rotorua

Puwhakamua course leader Billy MacFarlane plans to launch similar programme in Tauranga. Photo / File

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Inmates 'crying out' for rehab course planned for Tauranga

5 Sep, 2019 9:37am
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A charitable trust wants to launch a Māori-led rehabilitation course in Tauranga.

Ziwi Ltd pet food manufacturing company and ZiwiPeak Ltd are being prosecuted for alleged odour and wastewater offences. Photo / George Novak

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Tauranga firms to defend charges

3 Sep, 2019 10:00pm
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Two Tauranga companies are being prosecuted over alleged breaches of the RMA.

Amputee Chris Welch is taking on a mammoth challenge despite all the setbacks on her road to recovery. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Katikati amputee competing in international riding event

31 Aug, 2019 4:00pm
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A woman who lost part of her leg after a crash is taking on an epic riding challenge.

Dr Jim Miller, Bay of Plenty Medical Officer of Health, urges people to check they are fully immunised to prevent measles spreading. Photo / File

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Demand surges at medical centres for measles vaccine

30 Aug, 2019 3:51pm
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Serious measles outbreak in Auckland prompts warning about the need to get immunised

Tauranga City Council's animal services team leader Brent Lincoln urges owners to supervise their dogs 24-7. Photo / File

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Savage dog attack: woman's experience one of 63 reported

29 Aug, 2019 12:56pm
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Tauranga's dog pound's inmates include one which attacked a woman delivering pamphlets

Downtown Tauranga chairman Brian Berry is calling for Harington St Transport Hub issues to be resolved quickly. Photo / George Novak

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Transport hub delay: 'couldn't have come at a worse time'

29 Aug, 2019 8:29am
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Harington St Transport Hub structural design issues halt most of the construction project

The attack comes as five dead seal pups were found washed up on Pukehina Beach on Tuesday. Photo / File

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Pukehina Beach dog owners told to stay vigilant after seal pup attack

28 Aug, 2019 2:19pm
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This comes as five dead seal pups were found washed up on Pukehina Beach yesterday.

A two-vehicle crash in Cameron Rd outside Tauranga RSA has caused extensive damage. Photo / Sandra Conchie

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Two-vehicle crash in Tauranga causes extensive damage

24 Aug, 2019 4:15pm
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Debris was strewn over the footpath, road and nearby carpark crash in Tauranga

Police are responding to reports of a motorbike crash in Paengaroa. Photo / File

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Paengaroa motorbike crash rider hospitalised

24 Aug, 2019 1:29pm
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A motorcyclist who crashed on SH33 in Paengaroa was badly injured.

Mount-Maungaui based premium pet food manufacturing firm has won another prestigious exporter award. Photo / Supplied

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Tauranga firm wins prestigious exporter award

24 Aug, 2019 1:06pm
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Bay-based pet food company wins big award.

Ambulance staff, police and local firefighters attended a two-vehicle crash in Gate Pa, Tauranga this morning. Photo / File

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Two-vehicle crash in Gate Pa, police inquiries continue

24 Aug, 2019 9:40am
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Inquiries into the cause of a two-vehicle crash in Tauranga earlier today are continuing.

Tauranga mayoralty candidates. (clockwise from top left) Greg Brownless, Christopher Stokes, John Robson, Andrew Hollis, Les Wallen, Murray Guy, Tenby Powell, Jos Nagels, Kelvin Clout, and RangiMarie Kingi. Photo / File

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Tauranga mayoral candidates step up to coming debate

21 Aug, 2019 7:00am
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Tauranga Chamber of Commerce is holding a Meet the Mayoral Candidates evening next week.

Repeat violent offender Jason Rex Maney, 38, was sentenced in the Tauranga High Court on August 20. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Repeat violent offender avoids preventive detention

20 Aug, 2019 10:00pm
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A repeat violent offender has been given one last chance to change his ways.