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A row of eight stores in central Tauranga will be demolished and rebuilt after their owner found earthquake strengthening "a complete waste of time".

News

Shops to be bowled

Enjoy Insight Vacations' nine-day Alpine Christmas Markets tour through Germany, Austria, France and Switzerland.

Lifestyle

Hot deals: Alpine marts, Vietnam

The number of properties sold in the Western Bay surged last month, with the market experiencing one of its busiest Aprils on record.

News

Property sales boom in Bay

The Primary Industries ministerial portfolio is a large, challenging one. For Horowhenua farmer and Otaki MP Nathan Guy the first few weeks on the job have been hectic, with the most severe drought since the 1940s striking the North Island and parts of the South, reports Felicity Wolfe

Rural

The farming Cabinet: Who you need to know

Katikati Men's Choir is looking to expand and is searching for men to join the current 11 members.

Entertainment

More men wanted to join Katikati's men-only choir

In the six months since the first interim decision on the One Plan was released, there has been a second decision, released on Christmas Eve, and both Federated Farmers and Horticulture New Zealand lodged a second appeal.

Rural

Horizons' One Plan six months on

The bizarre sight of tsunami evacuation footbridges sitting unfinished and unusable has become a topic of scorn among Papamoa residents since construction stopped months ago.

News

Anger over Tsunami foot bridges bungle

If a 9-year-old can easily figure out that buying stuff on finance means you don't get a good deal, why do so many people fall for it?

Opinion

Martine Rolls: Debt? Don't go there!

The Consumer Credit and Financial Services Law Reform Bill Lenders will have to take responsibility for the likely effect of the credit they provide.

News

Lenders have to take some responsibility (+poll)

Supplements for dairy cattle costly due to drought Bay dairy farmers have had to spend an extra $46 million on feed supplements this year due to the drought.

News

Farm feed costs skyrocket

A Fish & Game count of mallard numbers in February estimated the population at 200,000 for the Eastern Region - which stretches from Waihi to Wairoa.

News

Duck drop shortens shooting season

It was a night when dreams of a lifetime together were tragically ripped apart by an accident which ensured their newly-born twins would never know their dad.

News

Dad's memory kept alive for his boys

Tauranga's three main swimming spots have been named in the country's top 10 busiest beaches for rescues.

News

Our beaches in top 10 - for rescues

Tiki Taane performed at a family friendly concert toningt at First Steps Papamoa to raise money for the Starship Foundation.

Entertainment

Tiki Taane's performance for Starship (+video)

Tauranga musician Tiki Taane is about to perform for his most demanding audience yet - his son's daycare centre.

News

Kids prompt daycare Starship fundraiser concert

Dave Panther knew what he was in for when he went to the Songkran Water Festival and had no qualms about coming away covered in talcum powder and slightly wet.

News

New year celebrated with a splash

Log exports are up 11.9 per cent this year at the Port of Tauranga and it has the capacity to handle even greater quantities in the future.

News

Port of Tauranga gears for bigger log flow

Ongaonga farmer Leicester Gray has to make a decision, one that the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme dam builders are anxious about.

Rural

Rural: Bores avert dry horrors

After six years of doing the night-time trade for the punters who spill out of the nearby pubs and clubs, Cafe on the Strand owner Malcolm George has had enough.

News

Drunk teenagers too much to bear (+poll)

Bargain hunters were out in force at all the main shopping centres over Easter weekend.

News

'Bedlam' as shoppers look for bargains

More than 100 warnings have been issued to Bay criminals for serious violent and sexual offending since the "three strikes" legislation came into force in 2010.

News

110 strikes for Bay criminals

Easter means Easter eggs, but which ones are the best value for money? Sonya Bateson finds out.

News

Top picks for choccy lovers

Farmers and horticulturists in New Zealand were dealt a blow just before Christmas when the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) announced it confirmed an instance of glyphosate-resistance in annual ryegrass on a Marlborough vineyard.

Rural

Glyphosate resistance found

With 50-plus Minis driving almost the length of the country this Easter, the Pork Pie Charity Run recalls a much-loved comedic Kiwi driving movie.

Motoring

Pie run a driver for cancer survivor

Eves Realty Greerton and Mount Maunganui will fight out the 2013 Williams Cup title at the Bay Oval from 11am on Saturday.

Sport

Cricket: Greerton and Mount square off in cup final

Past and present Black Caps will converge on Te Puke over the Easter break to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Te Puke Cricket Club.

Sport

Cricket: Te Puke: 125 not out and still going strong

Father tells of wonderful friend and special man

News

Top student, Nick Renouf found dead in South Hagley Park

A man has pleaded guilty to two charges of manslaughter stemming from a horror crash in 2011.

News

Surprise guilty plea in horror crash

A mother accused of racing with two others moments before her daughters were killed in a crash has admitted she was speeding - but still denies being in a race.

News

Mother denies racing before fatal car crash

For those who continue to live in the flat, far reaching coastal suburb, the risk of a tsunami is something they choose to live with.

News

Papamoa: Wave of fear over no warning

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