Bay of Plenty Times
Holiday park slams toilet pan charges
A holiday park paying toilet pan taxes of nearly $13,000 a year says it is being unfairly treated by the Western Bay of Plenty District Council. Omokoroa Thermal Holiday Park argued that the number of pans did not accurately reflect its usage of the sewerage system. Solicitor Brian Jones, speaking on behalf of the park's owners, told the...
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Children taken to hospital after Bayfair crash
A two-car crash near Bayfair shopping centre this morning resulted in two young children being taken to hospital as a precaution only.
Seabed check for Rena debris
Salvage experts are due to complete a comprehensive sonar sweep of the seabed area surrounding the Rena wreck.
Arrest after Welcome Bay man runs
A Welcome Bay man arrested by a police dog handler after he fled on foot following a police road pursuit remains behind bars.
Elderly fearful as prescription charges rise
Some of Kairau Ngahau's relatives in their 80s and 90s had told him they would be "better off dead".
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Afco challenge goes to court
The meat workers union began its challenge over the legality of the Talley's Affco lockout yesterday. The challenge will last five days in the Employment Court.
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- Finance: Survival in a tight economy
- Worker vs company: $50,000 court battle
- Liz Koh: Three way path for retirement
Editorial: Care parents need to be...
A Court of Appeal decision has opened the way for carers to be paid after a long-standing battle between parents of special needs children and the Government.
- Celebrate culture: Letters, 17 May
- Martine Rolls: Confidence best fashion accessory
- Editorial: Prescription costs to hurt worst off
- Richard Moore: Hugging could lead to caring
DVD review: The Son of No One
When Jonathan White (Channing Tatum) escaped from the troubled Projects housing development in New York, he thought he could put its horrors behind him.
- Game review: Ridge Racer Unbounded
- Book review: Science on Ice
- Steamy story a hot seller in bookshops
- Album review: Here we rest, Jason Isbell
CrossFit: Trio hoping to fit weighty...
The back aches and eyes water contemplating it, but the impending mind games loom largest for Mt Maunganui's Luke McGruer, Mahdi Te Heuheu and John Templeton as...
- College Sport: Pleasing result for badminton teams
- Motorsport: Kiwi hot rod part of movie
- Rugby: Even tougher than his dad
- Golf: Mother's Day dash pays off
Biosecurity authority gets to grips with Psa
Barry O'Neil, appointed as chief executive of Kiwifruit Vine Heath (KVH) to replace John Burke, wants to move to a new level of fighting Psa.
- Kiwi ingenuity revives fungi farm
- Delivering wool harvest integrity
- Industry shakeup - DIRA regulations
- Downward trends, but no disaster
Teen admits killing retired teacher
Teenager Lori-Lea Waiora Te Wini has pleaded guilty to the 2008 murder of a retired Opotiki schoolteacher, four days before her retrial was set to begin.In the High...
- MFAT cuts: Final job losses drop to 79
- Driver guilty over runaway van death
- Bryce Edwards: Political round-up: May 17
- Body found in Wanganui street
Former warlord recruiting children
A Congolese general already sought on an international arrest warrant for his alleged use of child soldiers during an earlier conflict has forcibly recruited...
- British girl accused of drunken sex in Dubai taxi
- Kennedy wife found dead in New York
- Spain snubs Queen over Gibraltar dispute
- Signs of recovery in Japan as economy grows 4.1pc
Dip in Bay property market
The property markets in Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Papamoa dipped in April.
- Home sales hit five-year high
- Property market stays steady
- Rental boom tipped to reach Bay
- Council looks to sell surplus land