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Van spun out on Kaimai Range, traffic delays
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Two vehicle crash on Maunganui Road
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Serious crash on SH1 and SH29 Karapiro
20-Jul 13:00
NZ pair narrowly miss second medal at youth worlds
20-Jul 11:48
Tauranga Rocks
20-Jul 11:30
Two car crash in Te Puke Saturday morning
20-Jul 11:20
Two vehicle crash below Kaimai Summit
20-Jul 10:30
Sirens will signal tsunami threat
20-Jul 09:30
Birnie takes positives from China loss
20-Jul 09:00
History for Tauranga teenaged canoeist
20-Jul 08:45
What’s on – Haggis, drifting and acoustic music
20-Jul 08:30
Eagle soars to national title
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Divas through the Decades
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Entertaining for everyone
The year is going by quickly and the Bay of Plenty Garden and Art Festival team is gearing up for 2020 already.......
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Everything fluffy, furry, feathered and scaly
Pets and all things pets will be on display and ready to play at this years’ Bay of Plenty Pet and Animal Expo. The......
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New book tells stories of NZ kiwifruit pioneers
For the last 12 months, former Coast & Country News editor Elaine Fisher has been on a journey to uncover the ‘behind......
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Rural Kiwi craziness
My Husband’s Nuts, Detour Theatre’s latest show, is a fast-paced, unashamedly Kiwi, madcap comic romp. ......
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Unusual but attractive combinations
Auckland based Donizetti Trio will be familiar to audiences as they have been active since 2009, are often to be heard on......
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Sex, friendship and Friday night drinks
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Apple crumble for breakfast
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Tauranga to host Armageddon for a third time
Returning for its third year in a row, Armageddon Expo is back in Tauranga this June 8 and 9, once again transforming Baypark......
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Reuniting on stage in The Dancing Years
Kelly Harris and Tainui Kuru had not crossed paths in the performing arts world before working for Operatunity, but it was......
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Three powerful works
Bay of Plenty Symphonia opens the 2019 season at Baycourt with Masterworks, a concert featuring three powerful, well known......
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A thrilling musical journey
Scholars Baroque Aotearoa chamber choir and an Opus Orchestra ensemble perform breathtakingly beautiful anthems by Purcell......
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Sean Bodely - Superhuman guitarist
Tauranga has a number of cottage industries. One of them is guitarist Sean Bodley. I'm not sure if “cottage industry”......
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Good enough is good enough
Nobody said parenting was easy, and if they did you’d be pretty sure they were lying. But maybe parenting doesn’t......
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Celebrating a birthday and a great show
The Tauranga Home Show is returning for its biggest show yet – and celebrating its 20th birthday – on May 3-5. The......
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Fulfiling their destiny
The Chaperone, from the Writer and Director of Downton Abbey, takes place against the backdrop of the tumultuous times......
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Putting on a show
The boy bands of the 1960s and 70s produced some of the greatest hits of all time. They were also easy on the eye and put......
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Kiwi songstress to pay tribute to the Queen of Soul
Her songs have shaped generations, and now the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, will be celebrated at this year’s National......
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A loaf above the rest
Breadman Organic Bakery is one of the only 100 per cent vegan bakeries in New Zealand. Based in Christchurch, they have......
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Two talents in the Bay
Don’t miss your chance to see and hear two big musical names in the Bay this April. New Zealand baritone Julien Van......
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Ladies’ Day
Work, love and life are just one long, hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome of Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda. But their......
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The fight against cancer
Treating cancer doesn’t mean you have to go through radiation. Justine Laidlaw and Jenny Kennedy are both examples......
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Pompous ghosts and coffee
Murder on the Menu is Detour Theatre’s new madcap supernatural comedy. Sophia has been conned into buying a derelict......
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A Showerdome to solve your worries
Steamed mirrors, condensation on walls and ceilings, slippery floors and mould. They are year-round, annoying home issues......
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Most loved musical theatre
Celebrate the world’s most loved musical theatre! Singalong with Operatunity’s superb sopranos Susan Boland,......
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Alexandra’s ready-to-cook meals are perfect to have in the pantry for a quick, nutritious meal for the family. They’re......
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Versatility and health
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