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Kiwifruit season a success but issues remain The kiwifruit industry has reached the end of this year’s harvest. File Photo/SunLive. ); } else { // } The kiwifruit industry has successfully reached the end of its harvest with a record crop now headed for overseas markets – if not already there. New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Inc. CEO Colin Bond says the sector weathered the labour crisis that affected the country’s horticulture sector well. However, he says “th...

No new community cases of Covid-19 File image/SunLive. ); } else { // } There are two cases and one historical case of Covid-19 in managed isolation, says the Ministry of Health There are no cases of the virus in the community, says a statement from the ministry. One of the new cases arrived in the country from South Africa via Qatar on June 25, and the other new case arrived in the country from the United Kingdom via Singapore on June 29. Both are in a managed isola...

Ratepayers pay $200K legal fees over tyre dump The Kawerau tyre dump before tyres were reomoved. Photo: Supplied. ); } else { // } Ratepayers forked out more than $200,000 in legal fees over the almost six years it took to resolve a 2000-tonne tyre mountain left behind when a recycling venture hit the skids. Former EcoVersion directors, father and daughter Alan and Angela Merrie​, and Jonathon​ Spencer, were sentenced at Tauranga District Court on June 23 after p...

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...

Desert Road closed amid heavy snowfall File Image. SunLive. The Desert Road is now closed due to snow and ice. Waka Kotahi NZTA is advising that State Highway 1 is now shut between Rangipo and Waiouru. A detour is in place. “Please follow the detour and allow at least an extra 45 minutes travel time,” says a statement on Waka Kotahi’s website. UPDATE 10:30AM, TUE 29 JUN SH4 National Park to Tohunga Junction (Ohakune) is now OPEN, but SH1 Desert Rd remains CLOSED with a detour via SH4 Na...

Contract awarded for $550k playground construction The current Omokoroa Domain playground. Image: SunLive. ); } else { // } Western Bay of Plenty District Council has awarded the construction contract for the upgrade of the Omokoroa playground with an expected total cost of just over half a million dollars. The Council have confirmed Downer have been awarded the contract for the upgrade and the construction component of the $1.04 million project is expected to total...

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...

Returnees MIQ stay extended after positive tests Image: Alexia Russell/RNZ. ); } else { // } A number of people in an Auckland managed isolation facility have had their stay extended after two people tested positive for Covid-19. The people staying at the Novotel Auckland Airport will remain in the facility until the genome sequencing results of two positive day 12 Covid-19 cases in are available, says a statement from the Ministry of Health. The two cases arrived o...

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 ...