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Katikati power cut under investigation More than 700 homes lost power in the Katikati area around 9am on Tuesday. File photo/SunLive. '); } else { // } Investigations are continuing into the cause of an outage which left more than 700 properties powerless in Katikati. A total of 789 properties were affected by a power cut in the Western Bay town on Tuesday. The supply went off around 9am. Of the original 789 customers who lost supply just after 9am Tuesday, 263 remained without power around 2.30pm. In a statement to SunLive this morning, Powerco says the remaining ...

Wet wipes still an issue in Tauranga pipes As this blockage pulled from a Chapel St property shows wet wipes do not fully disintegrate and can cause major issues. Supplied photo. Tauranga City Council. '); } else { // } The wet wipe problem isn’t flushing away in Tauranga with calls suggesting new single use plastic rules from the government do not go far enough. In 2018, Tauranga City Council launched the ‘Save our pipes from wipes campaign’ - highlighting how an elephant-sized amount of wet wipes were clogging pipes in the city every week.   Tauranga’s ...

Man’s career change wins Sam Neill’s praise Supplied images. '); } else { // } Imagine changing careers and deciding to be a musician at 39 years old in New Zealand’s lockdown. Then dropping your very first single and getting an email from Jurassic Park star, actor Sam Neill, saying “Love it!” That’s what happened to Mount Maunganui man Mitch Horton, who turned the turmoil of 2020 into the catalyst for him to create indie-pop music under the name Bluey Green. He did not have much budget to make a video for his first single 'Morning Sunshine' but had a ...