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'It is unbelievable': 15yrs in jewellery business, 30 raids, losses worth thousands

'It is difficult enough financially anyway and this just makes it even more difficult.'

Aloha, Te Puke: How to have a tropical holiday in the kiwifruit capital

Little did Luxon know, you can enjoy a Hawai'i holiday without leaving Aotearoa.

Luxon 'back into real issues, off the beach from Hawaii'

Luxon: Reserve Bank cannot grade itself, must be hold to account over cost of living.

Mental health and addiction support delivered by and for Māori

'Māori whānau want to access services that recognise their realities.'

'What we need is some very simple rules': Luxon on Covid announcement

Government announces new measures to fight the increasing numbers of Covid-19 infections.

'We have families, we're just doing our job': Road worker speaks out on abuse

Bottles, golf balls, and daily verbal abuse are being hurled at road workers by motorists

Bitten, spat at, hit with axes: Top cop says assaults on police becoming more violent

'We are seeing is a propensity of offenders to increasingly use violence toward police'.

'Unacceptable': Road workers verbally abused, objects thrown at them

Disgruntled motorists take out roadworks delays frustration on road workers.

$2 million a hectare: Gold kiwifruit orchards set new price record

But caution advised as economic headwinds threaten.

'We hope they will come': Kiwifruit employers on RSE workers

'I miss my family so much': We talk to RSE workers who have not been home since 2020.

Kiwifruit workers earning up to $40 an hour as sector battles labour shortage

Some seasonal kiwifruit workers are choosing the days and hours they want to work.

Covid cases highlight concerns for school bus users

There were 33 new cases of Covid-19 in the Bay of Plenty on Wednesday.

Home buyers priced out of Tauranga help drive Western Bay values to record

Western Bay's market experienced steady growth leading up to the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown.

Want a job? 24,000 kiwifruit workers needed as labour shortage bites

Last season harvesting roles paid an average of $27 an hour rates vary and can reach $40.

'We may never know': Boy undiagnosed after month in hospital

The family say Bowden is making progress but anticipated a 'very long road' to recovery.

'Heartbreaking': Pain-stricken 7yo's two-week diagnosis ordeal

Seven-year-old Bowden was taken to hospital on Christmas Day and is still in Starship.