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"I gave up ... then I came back up and I heard someone say, 'Hey, I'm here to save you'."
"I gave up ... then I came back up and I heard someone say, 'Hey, I'm here to save you'."
The council this week agreed to make offers to buy the 21 Bella Vista properties.
COMMENT: So what to do? As an owner is the offer fair? That's open to interpretation.
Western Bay rent is on the up but there is just one suburb bucking the trend.
The council has offered the price paid for the house plus expenses.
The offer is not what homeowners said they wanted
Comment: Council needs to be more upfront about Bella Vista problems.
The class action lawsuit is due to have its first court conference in a few weeks.
Chair and scope of government inquiry into Wally Haumaha's promotion revealed.
Two men have been charged over Paterson's murder after his body was found near Tauranga.
A Mongrel Mob member swung an axe into a Black Power member's leg during a daylight fight.
Inside, a man and woman were sleeping.
Avocado thefts spike with one orchardist hit repeatedly. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Avocado thefts spike with one orchardist hit repeatedly. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Man who killed father's partner thought he was possessed by devil, then decapitated sheep.
Andrea Taiapa was sentenced to six years and four months imprisonment for manslaughter.
Gordon Leech yelled "I've been shot" before dying a short time later.
"What a terrible thing to say, that your granddaughter's body is in the back of your van."
The largest power poles proposed for Maungatapu will be 35 and 45 metres tall.
An average of 9.8 houses were sold each day in June, REINZ figures show.
Three men have been murdered in two weeks. What happened?
Tauranga man hurt and stranded on Mt Ruapehu says he did not think he would survive.
Superintendent Bruce Bird says all three attacks were targeted and the community is safe.
Man charged with helping dispose of victim Mitchell Paterson's body.
The storm which cut off the Coromandel is moving towards the Bay of Plenty.
"They are not allegations. It is their truth," - Anihera Zhou Black.
As part of the investigation, police were searching a residential address in Hamilton.
Roads could be affected a low pressure system brings wind and rain to the North Island.
Ninety-year-old Eileen Pearson is 'always looking for an adventure'.