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Lotto winner in Opotiki ); } else { // } The Blue Moon Four Square in Opotiki is one of 11 stores over the country that sold a winning Lotto ticket on Wednesday night. Lotto players all over the country will be celebrating today after each winning $15,191 with Lotto Second Division in last night’s live Lotto draw. The winning Second Division tickets were sold at the following stores: - Russell Fresh, Russell

Bay of Plenty teens swim 40km for famine The four swimmers, from left, Kate Murray, Kiani Woodward, Aidan Bollee and Quinn Boyle. Supplied images. ); } else { // } A group of four Bay of Plenty teenagers traded in barley sugars for wetsuits, completing a 40km joint swim around Mount Maunganui as a way to fundraise for the 2021 World Vision 40 hour famine. Team Shorebreak which is made up of Aidan Bollee, 13, Kiani Woodward, 14, Kate Murray, 15 and Quinn Boyle, 15, o...

New Bay Venues directors confirmed Bay Venues Limited directors, from left, Jeremy Curragh, Nick Lowe, Simon Clarke (Chair), Gareth Wallis and Adam Lynch. Inset is Julie Hardaker. Photo. Supplied. ); } else { // } Tauranga City Council has confirmed the new board of directors for Bay Venues Limited. Simon Clarke has been appointed as chair with deputy chair Julie Hardaker joined by Adam Lynch, Jeremy Curragh and Nick Lowe on the board. They were amongst 49 people wh...

Management committee appointed to struggling Magic File Image. SunLive. ); } else { // } The period of upheaval at Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic continues with Netball New Zealand appointing a new three-person management committee to oversee the team’s recruitment for the 2022 ANZ Premiership. Former Olympian Alison Shanks, commercial property lawyer Scott Ratuki and senior commercial executive Andrew Gaze will form the new Magic management committee, starting immedi...

Takitimu Drive roadworks delayed due to weather File image/SunLive. ); } else { // } Roadworks on Takitimu Drive planned for tonight, have been delayed until tomorrow because of the weather. Resurfacing work will take place on the slip lane to the Takitimu Drive Toll, joining State Highway 29 from State Highway 2, from 6pm Wednesday, June 30 until 6am the following day. Only Tauriko-bound traffic will be affected, says a statement from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency...

Waikato DHB documents released online A Waikato District Health Board notice in May. Photo: RNZ / Andrew McRae. ); } else { // } Documents from Waikato District Health Board have been released onto the dark web after the ransomware attack that crippled five hospitals IT systems in May. RNZ has been shown screenshots of what appears to be a link to a directory of sensitive information. The list of documents suggests it includes data of patients and staff. It has been...

Police arrest 11 in relation to Rotorua assault File image/SunLive. ); } else { // } Police investigating an assault on several innocent members of the public in Rotorua last month have today arrested 11 men. Search warrants were carried out this morning in Waitematā and Whanganui. The arrests relate to an incident on May 22 outside the Rotorua Sports Bar on Arawa Street in which 14 members of the public were assaulted, with two suffering serious injuries. “The ...

Rotorua museum to receive $4.1m grant Work on the Rotorua Museum is expected to be completed by 2025. Adrian Hodge. Supplied. ); } else { // } Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa is to receive a $4.1 million grant from the Bay of Plenty Regional Council towards the creation of exhibitions for the strengthened and redeveloped facility. The news came as the Regional Council announced $1.86 billion investment in the region over the next 10 years as part of the Lon...

Bakery birthday boosts animal rescue Brooke De Leeuw and Rowan Elliot are excited to celebrate with the community and raise money for RRR. Photo: John Borren. ); } else { // } Bunnies and baps seem like an odd combination, but at the Rescue Rehome Revive fundraiser people will be able to meet a rabbit and grab a sandwich. The Artisan Bread Bakers in Pyes Pa are celebrating their fifth birthday by hosting a fundraiser for the animal rescue organisation RRR early next ...

Volunteers crucial to BOP environmental work Des volunteers at Friends of the Blade every Friday. Supplied image. ); } else { // } Des has been in the bush since he was 15. He is now 92 and still lends a hand each week with pest trapping and pest plant control for his local care group in Whakamarama. Volunteers like Des make up the membership of care groups, which carry out vital work across the Bay of Plenty, benefitting both the community and the local environment....