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Until a week ago we had a 30m-plus eucalyptus behind our house. It was a gorgeous thing, obviously much older than I, and I was very emotionally attached to it.

Lifestyle

Gardening: Chop trees before they're a problem

Too much to learn…
You may laugh - you may cry, but whatever else you do, you'll learn from this book.

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"Guilty Of Too Much To Say" by Geoff Barton with permission of his wife Janet Hutchings

Union members unhappy with pay talks with McDonalds are protesting outside Tauranga's 11th Ave restaurant.

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Protest outside McDonalds

According to Chinese medicine, the forehead is closely linked to the digestive system, and the area between the eyebrows is linked to the liver.

Lifestyle

Health: Face your health issues

Shotguns, decoys and camouflage paint are being dusted off by local duck hunters in preparation for this weekend's launch of the annual duck hunting season.

News

Launch of annual duck hunting season

A firefighter smashed the back window of a partly submerged car to rescue a stranded woman during Saturday night's floods.

News

Window smashed to free woman from car

In the 24 hours to 6 o'clock last night, 153mm of rain fell in the coastal Bay of Plenty region, and more downpours are forecast for today.

News

Calls for help as flooding continues (photos + video)

I'm tempted to write this column under an assumed name because my friends will ridicule me when they see it.

Lifestyle

Gardening: Fragrant blast from the past

Tauranga's leading fashion houses have come together to put on a premier event to raise money for injured Bay woman Amanda Lowry.

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Fashion show to help raise funds for Amanda Lowry

Western Bay of Plenty farmers are pinning their hopes on heavy rain expected to hit the region today.

News

Deluge set to hammer the Bay

Tauranga surfer's recovery progress after accident stuns spinal unit doctors

News

Tauranga surfer Lowry determined to walk again

UPDATED: The woman found dead outside Pohlen Hospital in Matamata early this morning is believed to be an 18-year-old woman from Tauranga.

News

Police investigate discovery of woman's body

Last year, a Northland woman put down her pen - well, shut down a screen - took a deep breath and launched her book about love, loss and loser-love.

Entertainment

Interview with author: Lisa Liggett

Western Bay of Plenty police have noticed an increase in residential burglaries and cars being broken into in the last several weeks.

News

Police: Keep community safe by remaining vigilant

Sure I had heard of "dawn breaker" and "caught by the morning dawn", but "dawn chorus" sounded cool and something special.

Opinion

Tommy Kapai: Sweet sounds from volunteer 'copapa'

History tells us what a dirty business politics is, especially American politics.

Entertainment

Movie Review: Broken City (+trailer)

A bus full of school students has broken down and is partially blocking a lane on the Hewletts Rd flyover.

News

Broken down school bus causing traffic delays

He survived the horrors of World War II but Te Puhi Patara has never talked about it publicly - until now.

News

Te Puhi Patara: A brave but humble hero

Police were found not to be at fault in the case of a prisoner who escaped from a police van as it slowed down to take a corner on Pyes Pa Rd in July.

News

Four of 41 complaints against police held

Thieves have been raiding cars and homes in an upmarket Tauranga suburb - and nine of the cars were unlocked.

News

Crime wave shocks residents

Leather seats, flappy indicators, the boxy, British Ford Prefects of the early 50s were as common on the roads then as Toyotas are now.

Motoring

Perfect Prefect not fast but it lasts

Class action as oil continues to wash up on local beaches

News

Lifeguards start Rena spill lawsuit

A group of fishermen who spent four hours drifting at sea eventually sparked a Coastguard rescue when one realised he was overdue for medication.

News

Fishermen adrift for four hours toward Motiti Island

Mrs Carlyle described Marcus as a "bit of a tough cookie" and a "pretty staunch little fella" who put on a brave face throughout the ordeal.

News

'Staunch little fella' puts on brave face

An 8-year-old Western Bay boy was impaled through the leg by a branch after crashing into a tree on a rural property.

News

Boy impaled in motorbike accident

Bethlehem College's senior athletics tournament was held in glorious conditions at the Tauranga Domain last Thursday and Friday and so it was no surprise that some school records were broken.

Sport

School sports: 11 school records crash down

A Tauranga teenager threw his unconscious friend over his shoulder and ran for his life after the pair were attacked by another group on Otumoetai Rd.

News

Bashed friend helped to safety

A farmer who broke 115 of his cows' tails and hit the animals with steel pipes and milking cups in the cow shed has been jailed.

Rural

Farmer jailed over 'horrendous' animal cruelty

Farm workers under pressure to complete tasks are more likely to crash on quad bikes, Bay of Plenty Federated Farmers warns.

Rural

Farm bikes remain deadly

Standing atop a 15m ramp waiting to throw yourself down must be a nerve-racking experience. But you'd never know it with these guys.

Motoring

You name it and they'll jump it

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