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Big plans have been unveiled for changing Te Puke's main thoroughfare.

Vision of revamped Te Puke

About 50 Te Puke business owners and residents have heard the first draft of concept plans from a task force asked to visualise how the town must change to stay alive.

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  • 8:49 AM May 21st

Beer, wine may be roped off

Eight Tauranga supermarkets could be forced to stop selling beer and wine for the last hour of trading in order to reduce the harm caused by alcohol.

  • 7:42 AM May 21st
  • John Cousins

Streets seeks flood solution

When it rains in Commons Ave it pours - into people's homes. Angry residents in the flood-prone Mount Maunganui street have had enough.

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Anthony Jay Tukaki appeared in Tauranga District Court.

Jail for home invasion

A disgruntled 19-year-old man, who invaded his ex-partner's home and threatened her and her new boyfriend with a knife and assaulted her has been jailed.

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Ballance Agri-Nutrients sales general manager Andrew Reid

Farmers should be prepared

Nitrogen-based fertiliser is being placed on paddocks throughout the Bay but Federated Farmers warns some farmers may be over-estimating pasture recovery after the rain.

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Rena Oil Spill

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.

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Students struggle with 'right to success'

Students struggle with 'right to success'

Students who have an exaggerated belief they have "a right to success" are more likely to struggle come exam time, a University of Otago study shows. The study, which examined the entitlement beliefs of almost 300 students sitting a marketing and consumption paper, found that those with "excessive entitlement" were less likely to put in the effort required to do well in their studies. The authors quoted a number of academics who believed "excessive entitlement" was on the rise among tertiary students, but no other studies had looked at how it affected performance. The results showed that students…

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