Waihī Estuary health improvement targeted
Developing a catchment-wide monitoring and restoration programme is the first job.
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Bay buses to be free for anyone 18 or under from next month
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Mongrel Mob homicide: Gang members line street where slain leader lies
Schools have also closed, citing 'heightened emotions'.
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Police name man who died in Ōpōtiki
CPR was performed but the man died of his injuries.
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'Iconic' Art Deco winery building becomes $12m clubhouse for retirees
It comes as another Bay retirement village opens a $30m new residential aged care centre.
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