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Matt Chat: The hot topic of commissioners Tauranga Chamber of Commerce CEO ); } else { // } In this months Matt Chat Tauranga Chamber of Commerce CEO discusses the hot topic of what next for Tauranga City Council and the commissioners. Matt Cowley discusses whether they should stay or they go as planned after the 2022 elections and the mood of the business community. Matt says most of his discussions with business owners to date have not been about rates but that ...

Massey University stops new domestic enrolments Image: David Unwin/Stuff. ); } else { // } Massey University has closed its doors to new domestic students to avoid breaching government enrolment limits. It says it is not accepting new domestic students for courses in the second half of the year or in its summer school. Universities can enrol up to 5 per cent more students than their funding allocation from the government, but Massey says it was on track to exceed it...

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...

Snow in the Bay of Plenty File Image. Daniel Hines. Video: Supplied. Mark Johnston ); } else { // } It is snowing in the Bay of Plenty. Reports are coming in of snow falling at the top of the Kaimai Ranges as an Antarctic blast hits New Zealand. The chilly weather across the nation has already seen the Desert Road closed earlier today whilst there are also reports of snow in the Waioeka Gorge. Waka Kotahi NZTA is advising road users to drive carefully across State ...

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 ...

Covid-19: Wellington returning to alert level 1 Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. Image: RNZ. ); } else { // } Wellington is moving back to alert level 1 and the Trans-Tasman travel bubble pause will be lifted for some parts of Australia from Sunday night. The capital and its wider region will leave alert level 2 from 11.59pm tonight. Cabinet has met this morning to determine whether Covid-19 levels can chan...