Chamber boss: Businesses are frustrated with infrastructure progress
Businesses will be keen to see how parties respond ahead of the upcoming general election.
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'A real privilege': Free celebration of Tauranga Moana kapa haka
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'Bitter-sweet': MP Angie Warren-Clark to run for election in Whangārei
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Toy gun prompts short Tauranga Hospital lockdown
Police spoke with the man and determined there was no threat to the public.
Customs seizes cocaine after ship docks in Tauranga
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Police station opens, four years after original damaged in fire
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Warning after young swimmer reported missing at Pāpāmoa Beach
Emergency services were called to Pāpāmoa Beach.
Rotorua's Cyclone Gabrielle repair bill set to rise
Combined estimates from councils bring the cost of Cyclone Gabrielle to over $16m.
Bayfair flyover opening date announced
The flyover will open in a temporary configuration.
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Tauranga City Council estimates the cyclone's damages to cost close to $400k.
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Stomped, kicked: Man admits bashing bus driver unconscious in unprovoked attack
The 19-year-old passenger didn't pay then became enraged at the Rotorua bus driver.
Ten-point plan: What business heavyweights in fast-growing city want from the Govt
Forum 'seriously worried' about constraints on New Zealand's largest port.
'There is still time': How many Bay people haven't done the Census revealed
Not completing Census forms can result in a $2000 fine.
Bank kidnapping: Man threatened to 'blow the building up' in hour-long ordeal
The man accused of holding people captive inside Rotorua's BNZ has pleaded guilty.
Teen charged with $630k mall jewellery store robbery appears in court
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Housing and transport: Robertson attends new forum launch in Tauranga
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'Changed the whole vibe in our house': Free autism course in Rotorua
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'Supporting them as much as we can': Mount RSA donates $18k to cyclone relief
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