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Teen driver who hit three cars seven times over limit
A 19-year-old man rear-ended a taxi before colliding with two other cars on Saturday night.
MP seeks crackdown on cruelty to animals
A first-term National Party MP is seeking cross-party support for a law change for harsher penalties in cases of extreme cruelty to animals.
Quiet night for New Year celebrations
Revellers celebrating New Year and the start of a new decade in New Zealand behaved themselves last night.
P chemical theft could be worth $1b
One thousand litres of hypophosphorus acid, a key ingredient in P manufacturing, was stolen from a factory in January, it was revealed this week.
Sharks come within metres of swimmers as sightings increase
Shark sightings have prompted lifeguards at holiday hotspots to urge swimmers to take caution.
Man charged over Tauranga death
The man found dead on the doorstep of a Gate Pa house yesterday morning was a talented, emerging Maori artist.
Suspicious Tauranga death probed
Police say the death of a man in suburban Tauranga this morning is suspicious.
Family's terror at 23 minute road rage attack
A family travelling from Tauranga to Rotorua were followed at speed by a man who repeatedly tried to block, then ram, their vehicle.
Police recover body from 4WD crash site
The body of a man who died after driving his 4WD off a 100m bank in the Bay of Plenty has been recovered, police say.
Mum with three pre-school kids in car over twice legal limit
A mother with three pre-school children in her car produced a breath alcohol reading more than two and a half times the legal limit.
The Job Tour: Confidence key to success in Tauranga
Andrew Hughes and Olivia Wix are touring the country taking the pulse of the job market. Today they report from their penultimate destination, Tauranga.
Angler survives late-night ordeal
A fisherman whose boat sank in the middle of the night was so determined not to surrender it that he swam the waterlogged vessel nearly 1km to safety.