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Our favourite beaches: Mt Maunganui
In the development heyday of the 1950s, holiday homes shot up on narrow, sandy fingers of land around New Zealand's coastline.
Police prepare to deal with New Year's Eve hot spots
Liquor bans are in place and police numbers are being boosted in many of the traditional New Year's Eve hot spots.
Girl, 6, left home alone
A 6-year-old girl was found home alone in her Tauranga house yesterday after both of her parents had left for work.
Shark closes Mt Maunganui beach
Lifeguards have closed Mt Maunganui beach after a surfer's close encounter with a shark.
Dog pulls drowned puppies from estuary
A mother dog howled all night after she fished her six dead puppies out of an estuary after they had been dumped in a shopping bag.
Abused puppy finding joy in new home
The family who adopted Trooper - the puppy that was rescued after being found outside the Gate Pa shops, in Tauranga, with its ears chopped off - say he is settling in to his new home very well.
Weather Watch: Promising days ahead
Santa Claus is coming to town - and the weather is looking fantastic for his long ride down from the North Pole.
Abused puppy gets a new, loving home
The pit bull puppy found in a Tauranga shopping area with his ears chopped off will head to a loving new home today.