
He insisted on a test, and says it saved his life. This is his message to others at risk
Doing a screening kit "absolutely" saved the life of Tauranga man Paul Blears.
Doing a screening kit "absolutely" saved the life of Tauranga man Paul Blears.
Brayden Tawa, of Pāpāmoa, died after a car and truck crashed on Hewletts Rd.
The two-vehicle crash north of Tauranga was reported to police at 2.02pm.
The show was a sellout, with Troy Kingi and Dave Dobbyn subbing in for Sublime with Rome.
The crash happened on Wednesday night, closing part of SH2.
'Usually we would be booked out weeks in advance.'
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OPINION: We all have the potential to play a part on this waka ride.
Post-Covid inflation has caused the cost of some big weddings to almost double.
One person died after a crash last night at a Mount Maunganui intersection.
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'Music can take you back in an instance... it’s ageless.'
Fans get to meet some of their Black Caps heroes at a Mount Maunganui beach cricket event
Firefighters expected to stay on Matakana Island until the end of the week.
'There was no sign of the newly hatched chick ‘George’ ...some of the birds were missing'.
There are health warnings in place for Lake Ōkaro, Lake Maraetai and Lake Ohakuri.
Police, ambulance and fire services are at the scene.
An iwi provider has a waiting list and backlog for its social services for the first time.
The fire began on Saturday night and burned through about 37ha of scrub and pine slash.
A dry summer with “plenty of clear skies”.
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A single vehicle collided with a power pole and lines came down across the road.
The huge fire has been described as 'a beast' and like a 'taniwha'.
'It’s just the best thing that could have ever happened to him.'
'There is a lot of unknown in the ocean,' shark expert Dr Riley Elliott says.
Firefighters responded to a blaze on Matakana Island off the Bay of Plenty.
Seven months ago, the 60-year-old wasn't sure he'd live long enough to see Christmas.
Firefighters are fighting a blaze on Matakana Island off the Bay of Plenty.
It's been a pleasant surprise for the foodbank as people battle a cost-of-living crisis.