Sewing and handicraft popularity soars
Sewing and craft classes are in high demand in Tauranga as more people get creative.
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Tauranga vape store owners confident of success
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Renters flee rising prices
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Heavyweights gather for business conference
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Govt puts $8mil toward getting 64k electric vehicles on road
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Teenage Nosh worker wrongly sacked.
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Major heartache for flood damaged business owners
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Rich lister cleared over farm sale; claims 'lacked merit'
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Govt considers third toll road for Tauranga
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Biggest liner to visit NZ sails into spending squall
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