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The management of Tauranga's historic mountain reserve, Mauao or Mount Maunganui, is to be shared following the approval of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Tauranga City Council and the Mauao Trust.
A very windy week is on the way next week for the nation as a storm near Antarctica pushes against a large high north of New Zealand. The result will be gale for westerlies which may reaching damaging strengths around Tuesday in the South Island and Wednesday in the North Island. This weekend sees a combination of sun and warmth along with winds and showers.
Renowned artist Owen Dippie has started work on a project to paint huge works of art on the sides of buildings in the Tauranga CBD. The two Renaissance pieces completed so far will be joined by up to a dozen more from various art genres. Mr Dippie will take a short break from the project as he heads to New York next month to paint.
The brief and predicted cold snap is moving up NZ today and on Thursday will start to ease. By Friday a strengthening westerly flow will develop – turning into storm by Tuesday or Wednesday with severe gales possible in central and eastern areas. The westerly flow will likely last for 8 days and is the first full scale westerly flow of the season.
Spring is here and the weather couldn’t be more spring-like if it tried! Stunning, sunny and warm weather for some people today – but wintry showers with snow and hail possible Wednesday and Thursday before a windy and mild weekend arrives. Welcome to Spring 2013.
A police officer risked his own life to save a person from a river after a vehicle went off a bridge following a pile-up near Tauranga.
We hardly had a winter this year and now the spring weather pattern has arrived early. The week ahead looks spring-like with a number of fronts, lows and highs. WeatherWatch.co.nz also has the forecast for the rest of August – including the chances of snow at our main ski fields.
Thor battles an ancient race of Dark Elves led by the vengeful Malekith who threatens to plunge the universe back into darkness after the events of The Avengers. Courtesy: Marvel
Based on a true story, "Pain & Gain" follows a group of bodybuilders who engaged in a campaign of kidnapping, extortion and murder in Florida. First told in an article from the "Miami New Times," "Pain and Gain" will be directed by Bay and will star Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Courtesy: Paramount
NZ Herald reader Martin witnessed 3 bright red lights in the sky (Aug7) just after 7.00 p.m. They seemed to drift along before moving away and "I could see them getting fainter until they disappeared. This lasted for about 2 to 3 minutes". It was a still night and they did not make a sound. Martin took a short clip on his phone which he sent to nzherald.co.nz. They appear white in this clip.
The fans react to the Chiefs winning another title. Chiefs 27 - Brumbies 22
Sifan Hassan wins 1500m after falling early in race. Video / Sky Sport
'It's tough on the grower, and it's tough on everyone actually.' Video / Bay of Plenty Times