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He needed help after being hooked by a fisherman.
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Downpour: Potential wastewater spill, beach access damaged in Omanu
Heavy rain event put pressure on the city’s stormwater.
Dozens attend storytime session with drag queens despite complaints
The event was well-attended despite a number of complaints.
Summer of cyclones: Tauranga's wettest summer in more than 120 years
Weather experts have confirmed just how terrible last summer was.
Korohina is new Tauranga Art Gallery director
The appointment will help to grow the CBD's vibrancy.
Tauranga port resource consent hearing witness challenged on 'negligible' impact findings
Key witness says Port of Tauranga's wharf plan will see “negligible” effects.
Waitekohekohe recreational park officially opens
New park opens for Katikati's walkers, mountain bikers and horse riders.
Mosen's $5000 Baypark win
Former national champ comes from grid nine to take the win.
Multiple flooding callouts in Tauranga; SH25 closed due to washout
There were callouts to 10 properties overnight.
Crankworx to return to Rotorua 'bigger and better'
Hundreds of athletes and an audience of millions will have their eyes on Rotorua.
'I can't do anything': Woman's painful wait for surgery
The 67-year-old Katikati woman says the pain has made her feel “older than my years”.
Skydiving in their 90s: 'I have to prove that I can'
Retirement village residents rallying to raise money for St John.
‘No way in hell’: Hundreds protest proposed new stadium
“We all share this area and it works pretty good.”
'Long awaited': Tauranga apartments, townhouses on the market soon
The release of units in Tauranga's Thirty Eight Elizabeth development was 'long awaited'.
Weekend winners: Whakatāne Lotto player scores $1m
Players from Tokoroa and Tauranga also won big in Saturday’s live draw.
Business digest: Foodstuffs North Island celebrates success at annual Excellence Awards
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Local Focus: Wingfoil World Tour descends on Mt Maunganui
A major event of this fast-growing sport hits New Zealand’s shores for the first time.
Opinion: Time for more focus on financial literacy in schools
OPINION: Kids need to be told the realities of how money works.
Kapa haka is much more than just singing and dancing
OPINION: Kapa haka places us amid angels and warriors, past present and future.
'The only green space left': Tauranga Domain protest over stadium proposal
"And once it’s destroyed, it never comes back."
'Surreal': After 43 years working at sea, skipper Bert Aitken retires
The seasoned fishing skipper says he has 'never' been seasick in all his time.
'Significant': Tauranga's biggest state house building programme in years revealed
'There’s an economic spin-off benefitting people and businesses.'
Council pools and halls likely to cost users more
Commissioners feel proposed increased fees to facilities aren't high enough.
Marae disappointed heavy industry will stay
'It’s not just the air pollution, it's the congestion and all of that.'
'Really scary': Almost $40k allegedly taken in gunpoint robbery
“You can’t even imagine during the daytime something will happen like this."
$3.06m in rates outstanding after regional council enacts new collection system
It has been 3 months since Bay of Plenty Regional Council began collecting its own rates.
Pet food plant machinery claims four partial fingers from workers in three years
The company was fined in 2020 and is facing another fine after the WorkSafe prosecution.
'Freaking hard': Family of teen battling cancer in limbo as landslide clean-up begins
Clean-up of the slip-damaged homes on Egret Ave began earlier this week.
Aongatete dairy farmers fined $28k for illegal cowshed discharge
Two Bay of Plenty have been dairy farmers convicted and fined for effluent discharges.
Man with firearm robs commercial premises in Mount Maunganui
It is alleged the man took money from the cash register.
The Premium Debate: Subscribers weigh in on plight of elderly living in cars
OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.
'Safe space': New educational programme to address family violence starts
It allows violent men a chance to learn to “make better choices for their families".
Clean-up and restoration of Egret Ave landslip site to begin
Persistent bad weather and land instability has prevented the work, the council says.