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He insisted on a test, and says it saved his life. This is his message to others at risk
Doing a screening kit "absolutely" saved the life of Tauranga man Paul Blears.
Doing a screening kit "absolutely" saved the life of Tauranga man Paul Blears.
Brayden Tawa, of Pāpāmoa, died after a car and truck crashed on Hewletts Rd.
The two-vehicle crash north of Tauranga was reported to police at 2.02pm.
The show was a sellout, with Troy Kingi and Dave Dobbyn subbing in for Sublime with Rome.
The crash happened on Wednesday night, closing part of SH2.
'Usually we would be booked out weeks in advance.'
Forecasters are warning heavy bursts of rain could lead to flooding and slips.
Kiwis are cashing in on job opportunities over the ditch.
Post-Covid inflation has caused the cost of some big weddings to almost double.
One person died after a crash last night at a Mount Maunganui intersection.
'Music can take you back in an instance... it’s ageless.'
Fans get to meet some of their Black Caps heroes at a Mount Maunganui beach cricket event
Main New Year's Eve hot spots are in for downpours.
Firefighters expected to stay on Matakana Island until the end of the week.
Boxing Day spending was flat on last year but pre-Christmas spending pulled through.
One Rotorua clinic said it had 'a constant flow of people wanting to enrol'.
Police, ambulance and fire services are at the scene.
One GP said doctors are working weekends and skipping meal breaks to keep up with demand.
An iwi provider has a waiting list and backlog for its social services for the first time.
The fire began on Saturday night and burned through about 37ha of scrub and pine slash.
A dry summer with “plenty of clear skies”.
A single vehicle collided with a power pole and lines came down across the road.
The huge fire has been described as 'a beast' and like a 'taniwha'.
'It’s just the best thing that could have ever happened to him.'
'There is a lot of unknown in the ocean,' shark expert Dr Riley Elliott says.
Many usually sunny spots are in for a wet Christmas.
Firefighters responded to a blaze on Matakana Island off the Bay of Plenty.
Boss of food processor admits timing of mass layoffs is 'not ideal'.