New music venues are absolute beauties
Forget stadiums and pubs - hair and beauty salons are the next hit places to perform music and a Kiwi musician is doing it and donating all proceeds to charity.
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Living wage move shunned (+poll)
Tauranga City Council chief executive Garry Poole said staff, who were paid "no less than the minimum wage", were fairly remunerated.
Late rush to grab top retail site
A prime retail site on the outskirts of downtown Tauranga has attracted a last-minute rush of offers from developers.
Drivers initiative not rolled out in Bay
An initiative to educate drivers rather than fine them has been welcomed by local road safety experts but will not be rolled out in the Western Bay.
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DHBs told to lift game
Health Minister Tony Ryall has told district health boards to focus on improving waiting times for diagnostic tests.
Sport
Women's Rugby: Bay in drive to identify potential golden girls
The Bay of Plenty Rugby Union is holding women's sevens talent identification camps with an eye to finding gold before the national tournament next January.
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Growers go for gold
In 2010/11 it exported 30 million trays of gold compared with 13 million this year.
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the Jennian Homes Mother's Day run
the Jennian Homes Mother's Day run on Sunday
Championship Pennants semifinals at Mount Maunganui
Championship Pennants semifinals at the Mount...
The NZ Rugby Foundation Wheelchair Rugby Competition
The New Zealand Rugby Foundation Wheelchair Rugby...
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Marcel Currin: Online shopping lacks the local touch
Hello, internet shopping, you sexy thing. You're so seductively cheap. You tantalise me with your low-slung prices. Strip down your shipping fees and I'm hooked.
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Rural News
Drought exacts heavy stress toll
This year's drought may cost Northland dairy farmers about $500 million, says the Northland Rural Support Trust.
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Rena Oil Spill
Divers try to free Rena debris
Six containers of pollutants remain to be emptied by divers working on the fast-disappearing hulk of the Rena.
Beads clean up continues on beaches
Groups have been working along the Mt Maunganui and Omanu beach areas, using shovels, sieves and vacuum equipment.
Editorial: Rena wreck must go
It's been more than 18 months since Rena smashed on to Astrolabe Reef.
Saving the penguins after disaster
Thousands of birds perished in the black tide that followed the MV Rena's grounding. Jamie Morton checks on the recovery of the disaster's forgotten victims.
Rotorua Daily Post
Brett faces more surgery for burns from fireplace
Little Brett Oosthuizen has been nicknamed The...
Rotorua writers urged to get into spirit of awards
Rotorua writers have less than two weeks to enter...
Ladi6 to perform in Rotorua
New Zealand performer Ladi6 will be coming to...
Carpentry students ready to raise roof
Thirty-two carpentry students armed with hammers,...
Hamilton News Live
Barefoot campaign for charity
Katie Boom is feeling the onset of winter more...
Aussie blokes run scared?
It would appear Aussie rural bachelors aren't all...
Expo a hit with women
Thousands of women - and the occasional bloke -...
Feed hungry kids, say principals
Principals of two decile-three Hamilton primary...
NZ Herald
Powerful 8.0 earthquake strikes Russia
A powerful earthquake has hit Russia's Far East with slight tremors spreading westwards as far as Moscow. Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk's seismic station of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said Friday the epicenter was in the Sea of Okhotsk, east of the Russian coast and north of Japan. She said the quake registered 8.0 on the Richter scale. Emergency agencies in the Far East issued a tsunami warning for Sakhalin and the Kuril islands, but lifted it soon afterwards. Kolomiyets said the earthquake originated 600 kilometres underground and with the tremors so far down they have…
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