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Fish & Game welcomes new farm wetlands guidance

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NZ trust supermarkets less than banks

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Get ready for winter at pop-up clinic

27 May 20:00

NZ underspending on cyber security

27 May 19:35

Police appeal for sightings of Adrian Humphreys

27 May 19:00

Gallagher Chiefs head to Fiji

27 May 15:00

Rare native mistletoe found in eastern BOP

27 May 13:10

Covid-19: 6,862 new community cases, 25 deaths

27 May 12:45

PlantTech moves to non-profit to meet demands

27 May 11:00

New bilingual school sign unveiled in Rotorua

27 May 11:00

Second Covid-19 booster for most vulnerable

27 May 08:00

Frosty and settled weather for NZ

27 May 07:30

Ensure a smooth Gypsy Day

27 May 07:00

Tackling BOP Regional Council’s visibility issue

26 May 12:00

Government helps protect shops from ram raids
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Fish & Game welcomes new farm wetlands guidance
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NZ trust supermarkets less than banks

Police appeal for sightings of Adrian Humphreys

New bilingual school sign unveiled in Rotorua

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NZ underspending on cyber security

Gallagher Chiefs head to Fiji
Rare native mistletoe found in eastern BOP

Mummy didn't get caught kissing Santa Claus but threatened native mistletoe has been discovered in a corner of...
Covid-19: 6,862 new community cases, 25 deaths

The Ministry of Health is reporting 6,862 new community cases, 350 current hospitalisations and 25 deaths today....
PlantTech moves to non-profit to meet demands

Independent research institute PlantTech has changed its status to a not-for-profit incorporated society to underline...
Second Covid-19 booster for most vulnerable

People who are at high-risk of getting very sick from a Covid-19 infection will soon be eligible to receive a...

TRAFFIC & CRASHES

Ensure a smooth Gypsy Day

Waikato and BOP state highway works for May 2022
Safety camera trial to detect unsafe mobile phone

New Zealand's first ever trial of using safety cameras to better understand the scale of distracted driving gets...
Road workers report “worrying trend” at BOP sites

  Road work contractors across the Bay of Plenty are reporting an increase in speeds near their worksites....

COUNCIL

Tackling BOP Regional Council’s visibility issue

Council costs for development levy to hit $136,000
Council-controlled organisation to change name

Rotorua Economic Development, also known as Destination Rotorua, is changing its name to RotoruaNZ. The organisation's...
Rotorua‘s reserves proposal scales next hurdle

A proposal to sell 10 Rotorua reserve sites is one step closer to public consultation after it cleared another...

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The Sawmill Brewery range from Matakana

Beer with me Matt Martin Sawmill Brewery, the best thing to come out of Matakana since...I have no idea. So I googled Matakana....
Renewed commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Tamati Coffey  Labour List MP As a member of a strong Labour Government, I recently received more than 30,000 signatures...
Shining a light on NZ volunteers

Sideline Sid  Sports correspondent & historian  www.sunlive.co.nz Volunteers are the backbone of this great country....
Solar Activity and the next Maunder Minimum

Weather Eye  with John Maunder The ‘Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when...
Karen takes over the National Party

  Haydn Marriner is a Rotorua tourism operator and political junkie. For you boomers out there who don't know what...
Now is the best time to join National

Haydn Marriner is a Rotorua tourism operator and political junkie. If you ever wanted to know when it was the best time...
The economy and jobs means you!

Todd McClay is the MP for Rotorua and the National Party's spokesperson for Trade and Tourism. It has been a difficult...
National don't have a chance

Haydn Marriner is a Rotorua tourism operator and political junkie. It's election time and week after week in politics,...