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Chloe Moore's life transformed at RDA

16 Oct, 2018 2:17pm
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Tauranga teenager's life transformed at Riding for the Disabled Centre .

Minister Damien O'Connor in Tauranga to launch Tauranga Moana Biosecurity Capital. Photo / John Borren

THE COUNTRY

Tauranga Moana Biosecurity Capital launched

16 Oct, 2018 11:33am
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Minister for Biosecurity Damien O'Connor launching Tauranga Moana Biosecurity Capital.

Tauranga Riding for the Disabled board chairman Paul Chapman, and manager Elisha Olds, with one of the centre's horses Isaac inside the outdoor arena due for expansion. Photo/George Novak.

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Tauranga RDA centre expands as waiting list grows

16 Oct, 2018 5:15am
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Tauranga Riding for Disabled expansion plans

TRAVEL

Flight check: Melbourne to Hobart

15 Oct, 2018 5:00am
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Sandra Conchie flies from Melbourne to Hobart with Qantas.

Renowned local artist Shane Walker with his 'Devonport Reserve' mural in the Pop Up Park in Devonport Rd. Photo / Andrew Warner.

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Huge 3D mural pops up in downtown Tauranga

14 Oct, 2018 3:24pm
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Huge 3D mural pops up in central Tauranga

Tauranga Community Magistrate Robyn Paterson (centre) at her retirement farewell in Tauranga District Court. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Community Magistrate Robyn Paterson retires

14 Oct, 2018 10:18am
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New Zealand's longest serving community magistrate retires

The site of the new Papamoa War Memorial at the Stella Place carpark. Photo/Supplied.

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Pāpāmoa War Memorial project begins

11 Oct, 2018 11:39am
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Papamoa War Memorial project begins

Significant police presence as hundreds of boy racers gathered in Tauranga on Saturday night. Photo/File

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Hundreds of boy racers converged on Tauranga over weekend

10 Oct, 2018 10:05am
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Hundreds of boy racers gathered in Tauranga over the weekend.

Tauranga City Council is investigating the failed Bella Vista development. Photo/File

NEW ZEALAND

Tauranga council staff being investigated over Bella Vista

10 Oct, 2018 5:23am
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Retire judge to investigate Tauranga City Council inspection staff over Bella Vista

Llamas near Barkes Corner have been mauled by dogs. Photo / Stock image

NEW ZEALAND

Llama and alpacas mauled by two dogs

9 Oct, 2018 1:31pm
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Llama mauled to death by two roaming dogs

One of the 28 units built by Venture Developments Ltd at Papamoa Village Park without a building consent. Photo / Supplied

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Tauranga firm fined for building units without consents

9 Oct, 2018 8:37am
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Tauranga property development company fined for building 28 units without consents.

Tauranga Hikoi Tramping Group members walking the Tuahu Kauri Track near Katikati. Photo/Ans Weber

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Tauranga Hikoi Tramping Group gets close to nature

8 Oct, 2018 4:37pm
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Tauranga Hikoi Tramping Club looking for new members.

Avid vinyl fan Ryan Greenwood finds a few 'hidden gems' at the Mount Record Fair. Photo/George Novak.

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Collectors snap up hidden gems at Mount Record Fair

8 Oct, 2018 9:38am
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Snapping up hidden gems at Mount Record Fair.

Boaties urged to take extreme care after two boats capsize on Kaituna Bar, Maketu within 24 hours. Photo/File

NEW ZEALAND

Coastguard plea after five rescued on treacherous Kaituna Bar

7 Oct, 2018 10:02am
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Tauranga boaties urged to check weather and tides before launching.

Amanda Berry (centre), her eldest daughter Beorn (far left) and other children Nirvana Berry and Noughtin Berry, and husband Chris Berry are hoping for a miracle. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Kiwi woman battling MS hopes for miracle cure in Russia

7 Oct, 2018 8:00am
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Kiwi woman hopes stem cell treatment in Russia will be cure multiple sclerosis.

Two brothers found guilty of assaulting two patrons at Bahama Hut bar in early hours of October 1, 2017. Photo/File

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Brothers convicted of serious assaults

5 Oct, 2018 8:31pm
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Two brothers found guilty of serious assaults at Bahama Hut

The scene of alleged deliberate stabbing incident in the early hours of October 1, 2017. Photo/File

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Stabbing accused: 'I didn't intend to hurt anyone'

4 Oct, 2018 4:55pm
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'Brief violent episode' in the Bahama Hut bar left man with stab wound in the abdomen.

The scene of an alleged stabbing incident involving two brothers in the early hours of October 1, 2017. Photo/File

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Two brothers on trial after stabbing at bar

4 Oct, 2018 7:49am
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Two Auckland brothers on trial defending assault charges after stabbing at Tauranga bar.

Colin Richard Jeffries-Smith appeared in the Tauranga High Court today by audio-visual link from prison. Photo / File

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Tauranga murder accused also charged with drug dealing

3 Oct, 2018 2:11pm
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Tauranga murder accused also charged with drug-dealing offences.

The defendant made his second court appearance in Tauranga High Court today via audio-visual link from a mental health facility. Photo / File

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Murder accused makes second court appearance

3 Oct, 2018 9:39am
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Trial date set for Pāpāmoa murder accused as his fitness to plead is assessed.

Police make an arrest in downtown Tauranga this afternoon following an alleged police pursuit Photo/File

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Man arrested after police chase through Tauranga CBD

2 Oct, 2018 3:47pm
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Man arrested after alleged police pursuit in downtown Tauranga

Eighty riders competed in Papamoa Mount Maunganui Pony Club's recent open competition. Photo / George Novak

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Papamoa Mount Pony Club thriving 68 years on

30 Sep, 2018 8:22pm
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The long-established club showcased its new $20,000 jumps at a recent competition.

Mount Maunganui retiree Lorraine Trivett, 73, has been donating O negative blood since she was 18. Photo / Sandra Conchie

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Donating 'wonder blood' an 'easy gift' to help save lives, retiree says

1 Oct, 2018 7:19am
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Donor is urging others to think seriously about donating blood and even organs.

Police at the scene of a knifepoint robbery at Welcome Bay Foodmarket on Wednesday night. Photo/File

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Police need help to find foodmarket robber

29 Sep, 2018 8:00am
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Tauranga police need the public's help in relation to the Welcome Bay Foodmarket robbery

Police at the scene of armed robbery Welcome Bay Foodmarket in Welcome Bay Rd yesterday. Photo / John Borren

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Robber twice threatened to stab owner

28 Sep, 2018 7:59am
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Knife-point robbery of Welcome Bay Foodmarket owners left victims reeling.

Aaron Sloan and his partner Kendra outside Tauranga District Court yesterday after his former employer was sentenced. Photo/Sandra Conchie

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Bay logging firm fined after worker seriously injured

26 Sep, 2018 4:00am
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logging firm fined after worker seriously injured on his first day.

The scene of the fatal crash which killed Tauranga man Matthew Pettigrew after he was hit by an oncoming train on the Apata Rail Bridge. Photo / File

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Drink-driver admits causing crash with train, killing passenger

25 Sep, 2018 5:00am
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Tauranga drink-driver admits he caused the fatal crash which killed his passenger.

The identity of a man charged with the stabbing-related killing of another man at a Papamoa Beach property has been suppressed. Photo / file

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Pāpāmoa murder accused gets name suppression

24 Sep, 2018 2:52pm
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The identity of a man charged with a stabbing-related killing has been suppressed

Green-thumbed Fern Twidle, the president of the Papamoa Garden Circle, says being part of such a friendly and inclusive group of people helps to lift the spirits. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Club of the Week: Papamoa gardening club membership blooming

24 Sep, 2018 2:11pm
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Green-thumbed Papamoa Garden Circle membership growing good plants and relationships.

NZME staff member Kaydee Bailey showing Tauranga couple Mary and Ray Findlay the advantages of using NZME's property listing site OneRoof at the Spring Home Show. Photo/Goerge Novak.

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Tauranga Spring Home Show visitors buzzing

24 Sep, 2018 10:11am
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Tauranga Spring Home Show event leaves visitors buzzing with fresh decorating ideas

Police in the Bay of Plenty district used their Tasers more often than other police districts last year but serious injuries were rare . Photo / File

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Tasers used more often in Bay of Plenty police district

24 Sep, 2018 7:14am
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Police have released data on use of Tasers, and the Bay of Plenty tops it.

Police investigating robbery and assault of store assistant at Super Liquor store in Papamoa earlier today. Photo/File

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Tauranga police investigating liquor store robbery

23 Sep, 2018 5:09pm
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Police needs public's help to locate offender in robbery at Super Liquor store in Papamoa

Classic Flyers volunteers Wally Gee and Geoff Tansley giving an ex-Royal Air Force Westland Wessex HC.2 helicopter a decent wash after years in storage. Photo/Andrew Warner

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Ex-military helicopters take centre stage

22 Sep, 2018 1:40pm
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Five unique British-built military Wessex helicopters have arrived in Tauranga

Western Bay of Plenty District Council mayor Garry Webber said the council's proposed representation arrangements for future elections was the

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Council signals change to community boards

21 Sep, 2018 8:52am
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Western Bay council is proposing to introduce ward councillor committees from 2019.

Trailblazers Grace Howe, Heather Jones, Trudy Green with Tauranga Women's Business Network chairwoman Mary Hill (far right) at a Suffrage 125 event yesterday. Photo/George Novak

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Tauranga trailblazers share insights into their success

19 Sep, 2018 8:23am
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Three local trailblazers shared insights into their careers at a Suffrage 125 event.

PSA members at Tauranga courthouse will be striking today for a 'fairer' pay deal offer from their employer. Photo/File

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Tauranga and Rotorua court staff strike for 'fairer' pay increase offer

19 Sep, 2018 7:06am
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Tauranga and Rotorua court staff striking for better pay.

Tauranga RSA's first elected woman president Heather Waldron hands over reigns after three years in the role. Photo/George Novak

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Tauranga RSA president hands over reins

18 Sep, 2018 11:00am
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Tauranga RSA's first woman president hands over the reins

Grace Lowe, 19, is the only female mechanical engineering apprentice at Page Macrae. Photo / George Novak

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Tauranga business network event shows 'women can do anything

18 Sep, 2018 6:00am
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Suffrage 124 event highlights women can do anything

Workers at OceanaGold's Waihi mine will strike again this weekend for better pay. Photo / File

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Waihi mine workers strike again for better pay

15 Sep, 2018 4:00pm
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Workers at OceanaGold's underground mine in Waihi are taking further industrial action.

Protesters, including five who were arrested, were forced by police to leave a gold prospecting site in the Karangahake Gorge area.

NEW ZEALAND

Protesters arrested at gorge gold site

15 Sep, 2018 12:16pm
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Protesters say they are highlighting a "huge contradiction" in the Government's policy.

Madeleine, Catherine, and Charlotte Schnackenberg along with other family will lead out the Suffrage 125 parade Photo / Supplied

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Katikati Suffrage 125 event will honour Kiwi legends

13 Sep, 2018 12:31pm
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Katikati's Suffrage 125 Commemoration marks huge milestone in New Zealand's history.

A car-transporter heading up the Kaimai Range came to rest about 5m down a bank on a farmer's property near the intersection of Old Kaimai Rd. Photo/George Novak

NEW ZEALAND

Motorist dies in collision with car-transporter

13 Sep, 2018 5:16am
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Man dead after his car collided with a car-transporter on the Kaimai Range

NEW ZEALAND

SH2 safety upgrade delays a 'disgrace'

12 Sep, 2018 11:00am
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Delays in safety improvements on State Highway 2 have been described as 'a disgrace'.

NEW ZEALAND

Jurors allegedly filmed and intimidated in high-profile drug trial

8 Sep, 2018 5:01am
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Two Tauranga men accused of trying to intimidate jurors and/or witnesses during meth trial

A 13-year-old pupil says he was approached at Fergusson Park on Friday by an elderly man who offered him a ride. Photo / File

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Another Tauranga pupil approached by man

6 Sep, 2018 9:43am
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Another Tauranga pupil has been approached by an elderly man in a local park.

Police at the scene after the Subway store on 12th Ave was robbed in May this year. Photo/File

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'Polite' robber holds up Subway and Westpac bank

5 Sep, 2018 10:30am
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Subway and Westpac bank robber jailed for more than two years.

Overflow of dairy effluent from a storage pond at Hedley Farm found during an inspection in September 2017. Photo/Supplied.

BUSINESS

Dairy farm faces hefty fine after illegal effluent discharge

5 Sep, 2018 8:30am
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Bay of Plenty dairy farm faces a hefty fine after effluent flowed into a nearby stream

Some of the contaminated sediment water runoff which flowed into the Waimana River. Photo/Supplied.

BUSINESS

Logistics firm admits contaminated water discharge

4 Sep, 2018 1:46pm
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Waste water discharge results in Bay of Plenty Regional Council prosecution

Sean Anthony Horan, 45, was sentenced in the Tauranga Community Magistrate's Court on Monday. Photo/File

NEW ZEALAND

Rugby coach to pay $1600 to elderly crash victim

3 Sep, 2018 5:16pm
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Sean Horan also has lost his driving licence for six months.

Sam Pulis, 23, is the 2018 Bay of Plenty Central Plateua Registered Master Builders Carters Apprentice of the Year . Photo / Supplied

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Tauranga carpentry apprentices score hat-trick

3 Sep, 2018 9:13am
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Tauranga building apprentice wins prestigious award

Some of the residents who opposed Transpower's power pole cosent plans included Tai Taikato, Antoon Moonen, Craig Malpas, Reaha Cole and Alan Cole. Photo/File A_180718gn01bop.JPG

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Residents will fight Transpower's powerlines relocation project

1 Sep, 2018 1:00pm
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A group of upset residents plan to fight Transpower's power lines relocation project.

Kawerau drug-raids accused maintain denials to their respective charges when they appeared in Tauranga District Court on Friday. Photo/File

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Kawerau drug raids accused back in court

31 Aug, 2018 6:18pm
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Accused in Kawerau drug raids maintain denials to drug-related charges.

Arataki School is the latest to post warnings for parents after a student says he was chased by an unknown man. Photo / File

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More reports of men approaching Tauranga schoolchildren

31 Aug, 2018 6:14pm
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At least six reports of dodgy men following Tauranga schoolchildren since early July.

Convicted rapists Baljeet Singh and Harpreet Singh were sentenced in the Tauranga District Court on Tuesday. Photo/File

NEW ZEALAND

Two men jailed for eight years after raping heavily drunk, vulnerable woman

31 Aug, 2018 6:34am
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Two men jailed for more than 8 years for raping a vulnerable woman in her own home

The Government has proposed a set of changes which will

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Proposed law changes aim to 'make life better' for renters tenancy act laws

30 Aug, 2018 5:03pm
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Proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaking at Otumoetai College, where she announced $47 million in funding to fix the school's leaking buildings. Photos / John Borren

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Otumoetai College gets $47m to fix leaky buildings

30 Aug, 2018 6:00am
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Otumoetai College is getting $47m to fix its leaking buildings.

Mount Mainstreet manager Ingrid Fleming says Mount retail businesses have a golden opportunity from the boost in the number of cruise ships visiting Tauranga. Photo/Andrew Warner

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Bumper cruise season in Tauranga on the way

28 Aug, 2018 9:00am
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Tauranga preparing for another bumper cruise ship season.

The City of Tauranga Pipe Band at last year's national championships. Photo / Supplied

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City of Tauranga Pipe Band offers newcomers bags of fun

27 Aug, 2018 3:29pm
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The City of Tauranga Pipe Band offers family fun and welcomes new members.

Christopher Street resident Alex Emeny says crossing the road is dangerous due to the speed of motorists using his street as a bypass. Photo/John Borren.

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Residents call for speed reduction measures

26 Aug, 2018 10:00am
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Tauranga south residents call for judder bars and speed cameras in their street

Barry John Allen, who was a relief teacher at Greenpark Primary School, has died after medical event. Photo/File

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Colleagues pay tribute to teacher

26 Aug, 2018 8:04am
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Tributes flow for passionate Tauranga teacher who died following medical event.

Tauranga police are seeking Brendan Steve Allan who they say failed to turn up to court last week. He has apparently shaved off his beard. Photo / Supplied

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Brendan Steve Allan wanted by police

21 Aug, 2018 9:11pm
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Tauranga man Brendan Allan wanted by police in relation to three charges.

A respected relief teacher at Greenpark School died after a medical-related event in his classroom. Photo/File

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Relief teacher at Greenpark School dies after 'medical event' in classroom

21 Aug, 2018 7:54pm
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Greenpark School relief teacher dead after suffering medical event in his classroom.