Tauranga kicks into level 3 life
Tauranga McDonald's lovers began queuing for their Big Mac fix from 3am this morning.
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Tauranga tourism operators in 'holding pattern'
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Returned serviceman Dick Frew 'Stands At Dawn' for fallen Anzacs
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Tauranga mayor to donate part of salary to homeless support cause
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Tauranga counsellors adapting to 'new normal' amid Covid-19 lockdown
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Man catches 20kg kingfish with his bare hands
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Large pod of orca spotted in Tauranga Harbour
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