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Campaign launched to reduce respiratory harm Supplied video. '); } else { // } Shaving your beard could save your life. That’s the premise of a new campaign by WorkSafe New Zealand to help businesses and workers look after their health. WorkSafe’s Life Shavers campaign will raise awareness of the need for workers who wear respiratory protective equipment for work to be clean shaven. “When our inspectors are out and about they see a lot of workers with beards while wearing RPE, and these workers usually don’t realise this is putting their health at risk,” ...

BOP newcomers targeted in volunteering campaign Supplied photo. '); } else { // } An influx of newcomers to the Bay of Plenty brings good news for local charities struggling to recruit and retain volunteers says Volunteering Bay of Plenty CEO, Vanessa Lister. Volunteering Bay of Plenty, our region’s peak body for the volunteering sector is launching a new volunteer management platform, Be Collective, with the aim of harnessing the goodwill of the region’s newest arrivals. “There are a lot of new people to town and many of them are working remotely, not necess...

Mauao base track and Moturiki open Large swells near Moturiki/Leisure Island on Sunday. Photo: Jamie Troughton/Dscribe Media. '); } else { // } Tauranga City Concil closed the tracks overnight as a precaution. An incoming tide and large sea swells poised a danger, and following on from Sunday where waters were washing up over the base track and had cut access to Moturiki, council decided to close the tracks off. A spokesperson confirms everthing is now open. EARLIER: Tauranga Council is expected to assess this morning whether or not the Mauao Base Track and Moturik...

Council votes for Whakatane Maori wards File Image. SunLive. '); } else { // } Whakatāne District Council has voted unanimously to establish Māori wards for the next two local body electoral cycles. The decision was made earlier today at an extraordinary Council meeting for consideration of their establishment. At the commencement of the meeting, 21 groups and individuals took the opportunity to speak in the Public Forum to share their views on Māori ward establishment with elected members. The next step is to consider Māori wards as part of Council’s Repres...

Will Tauranga singer Skye make the cut? Skye Hine is in the final six of TVNZ 2’s Popstars. Image: TVNZ. '); } else { // } People can get behind Tauranga teen Skye Hine tonight who has made it into the top six on TVNZ 2’s Popstars. The 16-year-old Mount Maunganui College student is in the running to win a potential $100,000 as well as the chance to produce and release her own single. The competition began in April when 12 contestants, including Skye, were selected from hundreds of hopefuls. Skye’s singing has been impressing the panel since the start of the c...