Skipper sentenced after collision with 266-metre container ship
Skipper sentenced after collision with 266 metre container ship off Bay of Plenty Coast.
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PM witness at significant Tauranga deed signing
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Club raising money for fellow tractor enthusiast
Tauranga Vintage Machinery Club has 25 tractors destined for the Christmas parade.
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Streets to rumble with sound of Harleys
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Foodbank campaign looks beyond the staples
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Local Focus: Latin American Film Festival comes to Tauranga
Nine films from nine countries - each with a distinct Latin American theme.
'World's best' squash players head to Tauranga for back-to-back events
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Brother taking on Mauao in just gumboots and a speedo in sister's memory
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'Sudden and tragic': Cleaner desperately tries to save driver as water fills wreck
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King Gizzard: 'Make music as much as you can'
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Mongols trial: Self-defence will be ‘easily disproven’, crown says
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New SH2 roundabout set to open at Katikati
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Snowboard champ died in Chch incident two days before 20th birthday
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New St John ambulance has history on its side
New trust donates ambulance to Te Puke St John.
Catch controversy: Kane Williamson called out for 'cheating'
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Focus on opportunities for the district this summer
Paeroa Information Hub will host an event for local tourism and hospitality.
'Unacceptable': Tāneatua postboxes a safety hazard
Location of postboxes 'a disgrace and disrespectful to people with disabilities'.
How to beat the humidity this summer
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Bank refuses to refund $49k stolen from pensioner’s online account
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Claire Trevett: Luxon and the Hamilton West 'white-man ban'
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Inside Winstone's new $400m Gib factory
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Mongols trial: Key witness testimony so detailed he could have been ‘expert’, Crown claims
Jury has listened to evidence of more than 200 witnesses since August.
Police did not delay in responding to fatal stabbing - watchdog
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New name for region's rescue helicopter
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