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Tauranga rock climbers Mischa Boorman, left, and Kieran Death with AIMS Games tournament director Vicki Semple. PHOTO/JAMIE TROUGHTON/DSCRIBE MEDIA

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AIMS Games to hit record highs in 2018

19 Jun, 2018 3:01pm

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Stamp collector Brian Ducker with two stamps featuring Mount Maunganui - the left is the new issue, and the right is from 1977. Photo/George Novak

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Mauao and Mount Maunganui on new stamp

19 Jun, 2018 3:00pm
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Driver seriously injured as car crashes into house in Gate Pā, Tauranga

19 Jun, 2018 11:45am
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Volunteers celebrated at special breakfast

19 Jun, 2018 11:28am
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Football: Papamoa reclaims top spot

19 Jun, 2018 11:00am
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Matatā property owners may have to walk away from homes

19 Jun, 2018 8:32am
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Health Minister David Clark and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters say the nurses' pay offer could be rejigged. Photo / Marty Melville

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No more money for nurses: Government

19 Jun, 2018 11:51am
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Government ministers say the nurses' offer could be re-cut but there will be no more money

Rescue personnel stand by the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, Australia. Photo / AP

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Dreamworld inquest: The fatal 20 seconds after ride catastrophe

19 Jun, 2018 1:43pm
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Inquest reveals there were 20 seconds between collision and ride being brought to a halt.

Nurses have issued strike notices after rejecting the latest pay offer from DHBs, but hope urgent mediation will avert any need for industrial action. Photo / File

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Nurses reject pay offer, call for mediation

19 Jun, 2018 7:00am
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Nurses reject pay offer from the Government, teachers also in pay talks.

Mike Farmer, the managing director of Farmer Auto Village, and his family met with Narelle Newdick, pictured, and her whanau at a reconciliation hui in Te Puke on Friday.

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Reconciliation begun over racist voicemail

19 Jun, 2018 5:00am
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A meeting has been held between a Maketu nurse and Tauranga Farmers Auto Village's owners.

A reader asks who is worse: Charities or beggars? Photo/Getty Images

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Letters: Collectors as bad as beggars

19 Jun, 2018 4:41am
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Charitable collectors can be just as aggressive as beggars, a reader says.

A city councillor says upset at a proposed begging ban is ill informed. Photo / File

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Letters to the editor: Begging ban outrage 'ill-informed'

19 Jun, 2018 4:18am
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Ban won't prevent needy getting help, city councillor says.

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Opinion: Elderly deserve love, respect and support

19 Jun, 2018 4:18am
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First meeting over teachers' pay held, more to come

18 Jun, 2018 7:01pm
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Tynealle Fitzgerald in action for Bay of Plenty at the national sevens this year. Photo / File

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Climbers boost record AIMS Games entries

18 Jun, 2018 3:03pm
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A record 10,851 intermediate-aged competitors have entered the week-long long tournament

Kickstart Toastmasters Club president Jude Ebbett says learning the skill of public speaking is invaluable personally and professionally. Photo / Andrew Warner.

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Tackle your fear of public speaking with Kickstart Toastmasters

18 Jun, 2018 3:02pm
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Club president says many people are more afraid of public speaking than sharks or snakes.

Maia Moss, 10, (right) from Papamoa being decorated with a moko by Rhian Smith at the Te Makete Matariki Market Day yesterday. Photo/George Novak

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Matariki celebrations showcase Māori traditions

18 Jun, 2018 1:59pm
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2018 Matariki celebrations.

Georgia Eldridge goes high in the air to take the ball at C for FTNC Premier while a number of other players look on. Photo / Judy Macdonald

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Netball: Indoor premier interclub action

18 Jun, 2018 1:20pm
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TWHCNC Premier Netball results for June 14.

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Nurses reject pay offer, demand urgent mediation

18 Jun, 2018 1:05pm
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Heavy rain, thunderstorms and chance of tornadoes on the way

18 Jun, 2018 12:18pm
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Bella Vista Saga

Jenny and Damian Coffey's Bella Vista home at The Lakes was one of those evacuated on March 9. Photo / George Novak

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Homeless, furious: Inside the Bella Vista Homes nightmare

On March 9, 13 families were told to evacuate their homes. Most can never return.

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Business

'We did not ask for this. All we did was buy a house'

Owners describe pain and heartache left in wake of the Bella Vista development failure.

Lee and Denise Konowe (left) and Ron and Sarah McDiarmid say they are not prepared to wait for a closed Tauranga City Council meeting to decide their fate and will sue instead. PHOTO/JOHN BORREN

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Bella Vista owners set to sue city council

Homeowners frustrated at council's handling of Bella Vista's evacuation say they will sue.

There were a dozen lightning strikes over Tauranga overnight. Photo/File

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Bay of Plenty hit with 54 lightning strikes overnight

17 Jun, 2018 4:15pm

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Tauranga lawyer Denise Arnold and mayor Greg Brownless. Photo/Supplied

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Tauranga Lawyer awarded Amnesty International Award

17 Jun, 2018 3:29pm
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Denise Arnold has been honoured by Amnesty International Tauranga Moana

Tauranga Coastguard was called to rescue a man from Tauranga Harbour on Friday. Photo/File

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Man rescued from the Tauranga Harbour

17 Jun, 2018 2:51pm
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A 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged

Police are searching for a male driver who fled police this morning. Photo/File

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Police seek man after chase through Bethlehem

17 Jun, 2018 2:02pm
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Police are searching for a male driver who fled police this morning

Planting volunteers at work on the steep slopes of Papamoa Hills Regional Park. Photo/File

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Volunteers plant 1200 trees at Papamoa Hills

17 Jun, 2018 12:35pm
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More than 1200 plants have been planted on the Papamoa Hills.

Janice Tetley-Jones says a post-abortion support group at Pregnancy Choice Centre in Tauranga provides an opportunity for women to share their stories. Photo/John Borren

SPORT

Abortion law reform - what's at stake?

17 Jun, 2018 11:00am
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Should abortion be removed from the Crimes Act?

Big reads

Leo Murray's tiny house is the result of New Zealand's first tiny house building workshop in Tauranga last year. Photo / John Borren

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Property

Life in a tiny house on wheels

29 May, 2018 10:00am

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Homeless, furious: Inside the Bella Vista Homes nightmare

7 Jun, 2018 9:00am
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Bay residents Under the Knife

2 Jun, 2018 1:00pm
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Dogs prove a huge help to people in need

13 May, 2018 7:30am
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Historian Buddy Mikaere on keeping the past in the present

12 May, 2018 10:08am
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Jay Reeve: From radio and MTV to the Bay of Plenty

5 May, 2018 11:50am
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A bumper crop, but not enough workers

20 May, 2018 1:42pm
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How one man's cafe vision changed a community

31 Mar, 2018 7:00am
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Richard Thurlow is CEO of Waipuna Hospice and chairman of Hospice New Zealand. Photo/ John Borren

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'We want people to have a good death'

28 May, 2018 7:34pm
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Profile: Dr Richard Thurlow is CEO of Waipuna Hospice and chairman of Hospice New Zealand.

Lowry is grateful to see her daughters grow up, confiding it would of been easier to check out.

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Amanda Lowry: Paralympic dream to be herself

19 May, 2018 6:00am
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Tetraplegic, Amanda Lowry: Her Paralympic dream and fight to be herself.

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Police at the scene after a firearm was discharged into the garage of Christopher Street home. Photo/Andrew Warner.

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Woman hurt after firearm discharged into garage of Tauranga home

17 Jun, 2018 10:40am

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Our Place: Shoe Designer Rebecca Anderson

17 Jun, 2018 5:00am
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Alvarez - dreamer who makes things happen

16 Jun, 2018 7:00pm
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The great begging debate: Community divided over rough sleeping ban

16 Jun, 2018 6:00pm
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Don cool shorts to raise funds for Waipuna Hospice

16 Jun, 2018 3:35pm
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Pāpāmoa sculptor Tawhai Rickard supreme winner of 2018 Miles Art Awards

16 Jun, 2018 2:00pm
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Cowdrey keen to have a crack at Sanyo Cup

16 Jun, 2018 2:00pm
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Matapihi residents 'irate' about oil spills - councillor

16 Jun, 2018 1:00pm
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Tauranga Sports winger Tyrone Keith scores his second try against Te Puna. PHOTO/ANDREW WARNER

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Baywide rugby: Tauranga Sports end Te Puna's winning run

17 Jun, 2018 10:27am
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Tauranga Sports upset Te Puna but Te Puke Sports lead Baywide Premier 1 table.

Banning beggars and rough sleepers, is it the answer to the problem? Photo/File

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Opinion: Finding a solution for Tauranga's begging and rough sleeping problem

17 Jun, 2018 5:00am
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Banning beggars and rough sleepers, is it the answer to the problem?

Te Puke High School vice-captain Jack Hollinshead in action. Photo / File

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Sport

Bumper weekend of home rugby for Te Puke

Doctors are warning that the deadly flu that swept the Northern Hemisphere in January this year may now be on its way to New Zealand. PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES

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Deadly flu may arrive here, doctors warn

Maddi's Christmas wish was to have a ride on a motorcycle but instead of one, 80 turned up at her house along with a handful of hot rods and classic cars. Photo / Supplied

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A brave 11-year-old loses her fight with cancer and now 'flies with dragons'

Bowls Matua vice president Cliff Osborne moved to Matua in the year 2000. Photo/Andrew Warner.

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Tauranga house values top $700k mark

One reader suggests David Seymour may want to reconsider his day job. Photo/File

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Letters: Begging, Dancing with the Stars

Tibetan-born Hellen Faulkner is looking to the Chinese market to expand her business. Photo / Andrew Warner

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Skincare made from kiwifruit putting Bay on the map

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES | Sport

Bumper weekend of home rugby for Te Puke

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Deadly flu may arrive here, doctors warn

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A brave 11-year-old loses her fight with cancer and now 'flies with dragons'

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Tauranga house values top $700k mark

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Letters: Begging, Dancing with the Stars

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Skincare made from kiwifruit putting Bay on the map

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Lifestyle

Music review - The Kiwi Music Scene: 1968

15 Jun, 2018 12:00am
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Looking back on a golden year for Kiwi music.

James Muir (foreground, left) and Alison Titulaer (foreground, right) filming their award-winning 48Hours film entry, Manawa Bay. Photo/supplied

Lifestyle

Lack of singing talent no bar to 48Hours film festival win

13 Jun, 2018 5:36pm
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Winners of the BOP 48Hours film competition won despite having actors who "can't sing".

Every bend on the Rhine seems to boast a magnificent castle.

Lifestyle

Taking a cruise down the majestic Rhine

11 Jun, 2018 4:00am
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A river cruise on the Rhine is a scenically blessed revelation, writes Mike Yardley.

Hollie Procter had no training for her job, just a passion for food. Photo / Good Together

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GIRLBOSS: Platter artist Hollie Procter

16 Jun, 2018 5:00am

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Latest From Business

Rebecca Anderson - Chaos & Harmony Shoes founder and managing director. Photo / George Novak

Business

Our Place: Shoe Designer Rebecca Anderson

17 Jun, 2018 5:00am
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When Rebecca Anderson's parents married, a glass slipper adorned the wedding cake.

Bayfair centre manager Steve Ellingford in front of the new Countdown under construction. Photo/John Borren

Business

Bayfair expansion reaches major milestone

15 Jun, 2018 7:00am
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Bayfair shopping centre has roof shout

Brother International Ltd chief operating officer and director Matthew Stroud. Photo / John Borren

Business

New businesses and more than 2900 jobs

15 Jun, 2018 5:00am
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New data from Stats NZ shows 798 new businesses and 2980 jobs for Tauranga in 2017.

NZ Herald Local Focus

HAMILTON NEWS

World cookbook made in NZ

NEW ZEALAND

From injury and illness to the Invictus Games

Kerry Hughes was within weeks of her health deteriorating rapidly when a call came through that a donor heart was available. Photo / Alexander Robertson

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'I woke up and couldn't feel my heart beating'

BUSINESS

'It's traumatising people': Tsunami of logging slash angers farmers

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Local Focus: Fashion fundraiser for Huntly hospital shuttle

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Hey day trippers, this is really... something

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World cookbook made in NZ

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From injury and illness to the Invictus Games

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'I woke up and couldn't feel my heart beating'

BUSINESS

'It's traumatising people': Tsunami of logging slash angers farmers

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Local Focus: Fashion fundraiser for Huntly hospital shuttle

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Hey day trippers, this is really... something

Rural News

Thousands of protesters march against deep sea oil drilling in Auckland. Photo / File

Opinion: Oil and gas ban all costs, no benefits

When the Govt decided to ban offshore drilling, it ignored the best advice of officials.

Mycoplasma bovis has forced the Feds to re-evaluate sharemilker contracts.

Federated Farmers updates new contracts after M. bovis

Federated Farmers update contracts to include provisions for sharemilkers after M. bovis.

The Country - Nickelback edition

Sir Brian Lochore, Steve Maharey, Jim Hopkins, Tim Myers, Andy Smith, Sarah von Dadelszen.

A helicopter musters wild horses from the Waiouru military training area. Photo / Supplied

Two musters, 299 horses rehomed, 7 euthanised

The Conservation Department has mustered 306 wild Kaimanawa horses this year.

CHB photographer Adam Turnbull's photo of cows in the heavy frost, just a few days before the heavens opened. Photo / @AJPHOTOGRAPHYHB

CHB animals face floods and frosts

Rough weather has hit the CHB over the last few weeks.

It was a tough season for dairy in parts of the Taranaki. Picture/NZ Herald.

NZ dairy production ends season steady, despite weather

Dairy production over 2017/18 dairy season was steady, despite the weather.

Takapau farmer Patrick Crawshaw will go up against six other regional winners at the 50th anniversary National FMG Farmer of the Year Grand Final in Invercargill early next month.

Takapau Young Farmer regional winner ready for finals

Patrick Crawshaw is ready to face the best in the FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition

Birds put their best feathers forward

One of the country's biggest poultry shows has once again proved popular.

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