'Frustrating' pace of Bay of Plenty Regional Council climate emergency
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Worksafe have laid completed an investigation into the crash.
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Two arrested after operation targeting organised crime
Police raid clandestine lab believed to be used for manufacturing methamphetamine.
Cordons down, police presence still at Whakatāne address
Police say it's part of an ongoing operation, no risk to the public.
One person dead after a crash in Matatā
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'Everyone in this room is severely affected. We will get heavily investigated.'
White Island emergency plan unfinished when volcano erupted
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Two Bay of Plenty centres break heat records
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Last cohort of Australian nurses leave Whakatāne
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Two appear in court over Taita homicide
Women in the public gallery cried during the brief appearances.
L.A.B closing the festival at home gets love from 20,000
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Zoe and Benji find family happiness without phones
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Lava now visible on Whakaari/White Island
Further explosive eruptions are very unlikely on any given day Geonet said.