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East Coast shooting victim named

The 50-year-old man fatally shot on the East Coast on Monday night has been named as Tumanako Tauhore. A 30-year-old man has been charged with the Te Araroa man's... Read More

Leanne’s fresh approach

Leanne Brown always harboured ambitions of running for Tauranga City Council at some point - it was just a matter of when the time was right. This week the current... Read More

School girls reunite 70 years on

They're a bunch of tittering, excitable schoolgirls - giggly and gossipy and talking over the top of each other. They're the class of 1945 at Tauranga Primary School.... Read More

Logging truck crash investigated

Police are investigating the cause of a crash between a car and a logging truck on State Highway 30, at the intersection of Mill Road, in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. Emergency... Read More

Police to chase the rapids

Bay of Plenty officers will swap their police hats for rafting helmets today as they compete in the annual New Zealand Police Association Raft Race on the Kaituna... Read More

Chamber ponders future vision

Tauranga Chamber of Commerce is looking to shore up its vision and direction for its latest chief executive before it finds a replacement for the outgoing Dave Burnett... Read More

Legal high talk: Whangamata

‘Knowledge is power' and the Thames-Coromandel District Council wants to make sure communities throughout the district have access to both. Council is hosting... Read More

Family killed on highway named

The three people killed in the logging truck crash on State Highway 1, near Tokoroa, on Tuesday have been identified. Warren Lee, 53, his 52-year-old wife Aesoon... Read More

Sun to stream across the Bay

A sunny weekend is forecast for the majority of New Zealand due to a high pressure system sitting over the country. A front in southern and eastern parts of New... Read More

NZ’s best beach in our backyard

For a third year in a row Maunganui Beach has been voted New Zealand's best beach in the 2015 TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards. Announced this week, The Mount... Read More

Logging truck crash on SH30

Emergency services are at the scene of a logging truck crash on State Highway 30, at the intersection of Mill Rd. Police are reportedly diverting traffic around... Read More

Whangamata in top 10 NZ beaches

The 2015 TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards has named Whangamata as the ninth best beach in New Zealand today. Now into its third year the Travellers' Choice... Read More