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Rugby World Cup not a certainty

Will New Zealand make it three consecutive Rugby World Cup titles in Japan next year, or will Ireland, England or South Africa take home the William Webb Ellis... Read More

Bottle deposit scheme is fizzing

More than 12,000 people, including a large number from the Bay of Plenty, have attached their signatures to a petition aimed at convincing politicians that dumping... Read More

Government clarifies Katikati bypass stalemate

He's 'wrong”, and Transport Minister Phil Twyford has told Scott Simpson so. Speaking to The Weekend Sun, Phil says Coromandel National MP was 'wrong”... Read More

Is it a women’s choice?

It is New Zealand's fifth-largest city, yet Tauranga is the only one where women are deprived of easy access to safe, surgical abortion services. Now, abortion... Read More

Call to save “one of the precious few”

Is the Cargo Shed - that monument to all things utilitarian and occupying prime waterfront real estate on Dive Crescent - worth saving? The Tauranga Historical... Read More

Gloved up and fighting back

'To suddenly feel capable, when you've never felt capable at any time in your life, is a great feeling.” Alice Hostler, 27, is a mother of three and a boxer.... Read More

Councillor labels begging ban an ‘embarrassment’

A bylaw banning begging and rough sleeping in Tauranga, Greerton and Mount Maunganui CBDs will come into effect from next year. Elected members voted 6-5 in favour... Read More

Sentimental journey for 90th birthday

Peter Carruthers came up with a unique way to celebrate his wife Alison's 90th birthday this week. After turning 92 himself on Wednesday, he devised a plan to... Read More

Bridges points the finger as rents increase

National Party leader Simon Bridges has accused the coalition government of accelerating rent increases and undermining their own claims that they prioritise lower-income... Read More

Sharing the abundance with everyone

Give a little, take a little. That's the idea behind the crop swap, where too many lemons on your tree become someone else's lemon cake. Crop swapping, as it... Read More

The magic of Christmas is stirring

'Twas 32 days before Christmas, when all through the store every creature was stirring - especially owner Mrs Angela Thomson. While visions of sugar-plums danced... Read More

Katikati bypass at least 10 years away

Not today, not tomorrow and not even next week. Not next month or even next year. In fact the Katikati bypass, which townsfolk believed could be started as early... Read More