Tauranga shootings: 'They ran away into the bushes to hide'
Several people, including a child, were seen running from a house after shots were fired.
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French women's national sevens development squad go back to school in Marton
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Coronavirus brings NZ port to its knees
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Local Focus: Two sides of the begging story but nothing from the homeless themselves
39 submissions on a hot summer day at Tauranga Council. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Two sides of the begging story but nothing from the homeless themselves
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Hung jury in Mount Maunganui home invasion trial
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