Husband's last words to wife before fatal crash
Fred August spoke to his wife an hour before he died.
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Award-winning Tauranga mathematician elected Fellow of Royal Society of London
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Teacher by day, homeless advocate by night. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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Serious truck crash on State Highway 35
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Local Focus: Kelvin Clout to run for mayor, again
Clout hopes to be third time lucky. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Kelvin Clout to run for mayor, again
Clout hopes to be third time lucky. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
$33m in building consents issued for 84 new homes
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Police say no one was reported to have been injured.
Body found in Rotorua stream was 62-year-old man
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Local Focus: From Hollywood to helping the homeless
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Kiwis aboard Air NZ flight warned of measles risk
A person with measles was confirmed as being aboard an April 1 flight to Hong Kong.
Local Focus: Tauranga man honoured in 'paddle out'
'The ocean was the one place he was free'. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Tauranga man honoured in 'paddle out'
'The ocean was the one place he was free'. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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River takes $16m journey back to the past
It's time to 'put right what we can'. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Police still investigating cause of child's serious injuries
The child was seriously injured on April 3 and transferred to Starship Hospital.
Black hole image proves Kiwi mathematician's half-century old theory
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'Bright and bubbly' 3-year-old's rare terminal illness
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Kiwi professor's black hole theory proven right
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Seeka pumps $18m into fruit packing facility
New plant boosts Seeka's Kerikeri capacity from 1.4m to 4m trays of kiwifruit a year.
Measles outbreak among young adults at Mount Maunganui
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Local Focus: Kaituna River re-diversion on track
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Swimmer snagged in fishing longline at popular beach
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Meet the man musicians turn to when equipment breaks. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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