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Chasing millions: Tauranga council considers appealing High Court decision
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Letters to the editor: Hospital gratitude and harsher penalties for violent ‘scum’
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Te Puke Sports’ big Baywide rugby win
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Simeon Brown was right to hold the line with Tauranga commission
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