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The team will play in the National 1st XV Championship semifinals on Friday.
More opportunities ahead for Cool Crew
Chrome Collective Community is creating more opportunities for people with disabilities.
Chilly bin-sized rocks fall at famous landmark as visitors ignore warnings
Tracks to the famous landmark had closed and would remain closed over summer.
BOP tennis player inducted into US university's hall of fame
Te Puke born Tennis player, Bonnie Phillips Boyer has been inducted into SLU Hall of Fame.
Riparian rights row: Legal clash over coastal pathway may go to court
The council has been working on the pathway idea for nearly two decades.
Black Seeds top the bill at avo festival
Mark the date ... the Katikati Avocado Food and Wine Festival returns in January.
'I lost my moral compass': Mexican cartel cocaine kingpin jailed
Tangaroa Demant went from exporting crayfish to importing cocaine.
Eastland taps into NZGIF funding for geothermal project
The NZGIF will lend up to $25m to Eastland Generation for its geothermal project.
Police seek sightings of woman overdue from hike
She was last seen leaving Ōpōtiki.
'Hang on a minute': Man's shock at $14.50 for humble sausage roll
A favourite Kiwi pastry is getting hit hard with soaring prices around the country.
Fire in high school art block today deemed 'accidental' - FENZ
The fire forced the evacuation of the school.
Businessman third person killed in crash that killed couple
A 'well-respected accountant' is the third person to have died in the Otago crash.
45min in the ocean at 12.30am: Teens take on 40-hour challenge for mental health
Navy Seal-style training will challenge boys physically, emotionally and mentally.
Whangamatā half marathon back on track after 3-year break
The September 23 event includes new courses and a seaside start/finish at Williamson Park.
'Biggest-ever' AIMS Games to descend on Tauranga
This year also welcomes back international schools from the Cook Islands, Fiji, and Samoa.
Complaint about Julian Batchelor’s anti-co-governance booklet referred to police
Batchelor says 120,000+ booklets have been distributed in and around Tauranga.
Richard Prebble: Labour on track for their worst defeat - blame the non-voters
OPINION: We may see the lowest voter turnout since MMP.
Te Pāti Māori co-leader suspended from Parliament
Waititi was not in the House at the time he was suspended.
Island reggae with a mix of pop: 'Music is in our blood'
Solomon Islands musician Ray Masilobo is keeping the sounds of his home alive.
'Smouldering' stink: Cause of pong pervading Mount Maunganui found
Bay of Plenty Regional Council says it received several calls to its Pollution Hotline.
Coastal marae hit with potentially devastating climate change problems
Several marae face the difficult prospect of having to move.
Architectural designer struck off building register for two years
The architectural designer was stuck off the Licensed Building Practitioners' register.
Drink drivers targeted in Western Bay of Plenty
Western Bay of Plenty Impairment Prevention Team assisted local police with checkpoints.
Waikato Divisional XV beat Coromandel side
Whangamatā brings out the good weather for a day of flowing rugby.
First XV wrap: Best of schoolboy rugby overshadows the worst
A pulsating Westlake-Sacred Heart contest was metaphorical ointment for Scots scab.
'Heartbreaking': Roadworks blamed as 20yo business shuts after 18 months in CBD
'I just can’t do it anymore … I am sinking into a black hole.'
'Gone to Aussie': Infrastructure workers ditch NZ for more money, year-round work
"We find it really, really hard to find skilled, drug-free staff."
'Difference between life and death' - New SH2 median barriers may slow emergency services
An ex-firefighter fears they could be the difference between life and death.
SH25A piles driven in at bridge site
Contractors are working over a 20-hour-a-day cycle on the project.
Months on from summer storms, how is the Coromandel faring?
This was going to be the summer of recovery, it wasn’t, and it won’t be next year either.
Female players to the fore in Whangamatā
Highlighted by fielding their first-ever women’s team and the champion senior A side.