'Heartwarming’: Sports club may get new home after 'massive stuggle'
'The last few years, it’s just been a ... massive hit to our mana.'
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Gut-busting climb for Epic end
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Lower speed limits for Western Bay up to two years away
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One dead in Coromandel shed fire
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Motorway tunnel mural transformation
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Lobby group claims commission is ‘trampling over local democracy’
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Rotorua or Katikati: Where should the Bay's next regional park go?
If approved, the parks could preserve public green spaces in perpetuity.
Planned $300m fossil-free fuel plant will employ 100 workers
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