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Close to home: Fresh from the sea
Cooking demonstrations, fish filleting and mussel opening competitions are part of the fun at the Tauranga Moana Seafood Festival.
For sale: ruined boat, no careful owner
The owners of a stranded luxury launch have put it up for sale after failing to free it from sand.
Mount revealed as cemetery
An old postcard has revealed skeletons under the Mt Maunganui beach and an academic says a new bill would allow access to be restricted.
Wife-killer in $1.4m luxury hideaway
Greg Meads enjoyed his final months of freedom in a plush beachfront home with another woman before being convicted of murder.
Luxury launch hits rocks
A launch believed to be worth more than $400,000 was this morning lying wrecked on the Tauranga coast after hitting rocks.
Two killed in crash while fleeing police
Two men who died after their vehicle crashed into a tree in Te Puke this morning were fleeing from police.
Embrace your inner nana
The trend for hobbies and habits of yesteryear is back in vogue your inner.
Man killed in Tauranga microlight crash named
A man killed in a microlight aircraft crash at Tauranga Airport has been named. Counselling is being offered to witnesses of the accident.