Man acquitted of brutal attack
A jury has acquitted a Maketu man accused of being involved in the brutal beating of another man who had both eye sockets fractured in an attack.
Te Puke
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.
Rugby: Mt Maunganui scrapes by Te Puke
The relief on the faces and in the voices of the Mount Maunganui players, coaching staff and supporters after the final whistle blew at Blake Park was evidence they had finally won a game after four one-point losses this season.
Rugby: Top end tussle keeps going
Round nine of the premier Baywide rugby competition delivers another dose of matches between teams clustered closely together on the competition ladder.
Katikati
Katikati museum seeks manager
The Katikati Heritage Museum Charitable Trust wants to employ a professional museum manager and is seeking $100,000 over the next three years to cover wages.
Te Puke pushes for food focus (+poll)
Frustrated Te Puke tourist operators want to break away from Tourism Bay of Plenty and do their own international promotion of the area's "super foods".
Government approves kiwifruit Psa plan
A national management plan for dealing with the kiwifruit Psa virus has been formally approved by the Government.
Rugby: Hopefuls must blast through logjam
A logjam in the middle of the Seeka KI Western BOP championship sets up a number of vital clashes tomorrow for the four teams with semifinal aspirations.
Waihi
Consent for new Waihi mine has conditions
Newmont Waihi Gold general manager Glen Grindlay said "we are generally happy, but didn't get everything we asked for."
New Waihi underground mine approved
The decision of the independent panel considering Newmont Waihi Gold’s application to operate the Correnso underground mine in Waihi East has been made public.
Hundreds escape convictions (+poll)
Hundreds of Western Bay defendants have escaped criminal convictions by way of diversion or discharges in the last year.
Anzac award heroes youngest-ever recipients
The Governor-General has presented the RSA's prestigious Anzac of the Year Award to New Zealand's youngest-ever recipients - two cousins who saved a man from drowning.
Te Awamutu
Gateway gift of love
Kihikihi School and the Nga Kakano Kohanga Reo has a new waharoa at the eastern entry to their grounds.
Operation Johnny underway
Waikato Police will launch a road safety campaign aimed at making it safer for children going to and from school.
First saddleback in century coming to Maungatautari
It will be the first time in more than a century that tieke have been on the mountain, the earlier birds having been wiped out by predators.
Final stage of major project under way
Work has begun on sealing Te Awamutu's Alexandra Street, the final stage in the upgrade project. The sealing work will take several weeks.
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