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DARK SECRETS: Tauranga - The Real Truth

After a summer of weather disasters, will Kiwis make climate an election issue?

Extreme weather-related events in early 2026 – including the fatal landslides in Mount Maunganui and Tauranga – have raised a logical question: will climate change and infrastructure resilience be big issues come the election in November?

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Teens among six still missing after landslide at popular campsite in New Zealand

Police say no sign of life under rubble as recovery operations continue through night

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‘We saw the trees moving down the hill’

Tauranga mayor Mahé Drysdale says the council will ask robust questions about how it's managed Mauao – but first, he's talking with families desperate for word of their loved ones. 'I don't think we can fathom how hard that is.' Jonathan Milne reports.

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Several missing after landslide rips through popular campsite in New Zealand

Several people, including children, are missing after a landslide struck a campground at the base of Mount Maunganui on Thursday morning

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Ruthless Australia crush New Zealand by six wickets in first T20I

Over-by-over report: Australia crushed the Black Caps in the first of the three-match Twenty20 series at Bay Oval in Tauranga. Join Angus Fontaine

The Guardian - AU

Chiefs brush off bizarre blunder to put away Force

The Western Force played their cards early before the Chiefs blew them away in a 56-22 bonus point Anzac Day Super Rugby win in Tauranga.

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Mooney, Sutherland star as Australia thump NZ again

Annabel Sutherland has produced a career-best 4-8 to combine with fellow star Beth Mooney to help Australia crush New Zealand by 92 runs in the second Twenty20.

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The mean streets of Tauranga

We cross live to one of the capitals of organised crime in New Zealand

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What if all Māori went on the general roll

More than 442,000 people who are eligible to vote are not registered – a population larger than Hamilton, Rotorua and Tauranga combined. Many of them are from marginalised communities. Many are Māori. Aaron Smale runs the numbers

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Gore council war could outlast inquiry

Previous council meltdowns in Invercargill and Tauranga show that calling an inquiry won't resolve Gore's mayoral problems - only goodwill and putting the community first

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Tauranga company liquidated over $39m dispute with shipping lines

A foreign sales agent allegedly involved is also in hot water over Liberian forestry interests.

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Driving through water reforms in new special purpose vehicles

We continue our 12 questions about Three Waters. Could the infrastructure be routinely placed in new 'special purpose vehicles' like those being used to finance housing at Orewa and roading in Tauranga?

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The Kiwi company putting toddlers on mountain bikes

A couple of Tauranga dads wanting to go mountain biking with their preschoolers founded an export business that just exploded during Covid

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Ruakura Superhub: Building Aotearoa's largest inland port

"In 20 years, it will be the epicentre of logistics in the North Island."

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Diamonds return home amid sponsor wrangle

Netball Australia insist Marina Go's departure as chair of the organisation is unrelated to a player protest over a sponsorship deal with Hancock Prospecting.

ABC News

Australia's Diamonds fall to New Zealand's Silver Ferns 52-48 in second Constellation Cup Test

The Silver Ferns establish a 2-0 Constellation Cup lead with a 52-48 win over the Diamonds in Tauranga ahead of the series moving to Australia.

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Automation a bitter pill to swallow for Ports of Auckland

Despite a flawed first attempt, automation is still the most logical way for the council-owned ports company to meet future demand – but greenlighting a second attempt may prove difficult.

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Furious Phil Goff on a future without Port-omation

Without the efficiencies and safety improvements of automation, the Ports of Auckland will struggle to remain internationally competitive –raising new questions about the port's future

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Luxon not keen on Uffindell report seeing light of day

it seems Christopher Luxon would rather deal with a negative news cycle than throw sunlight on the reports’ findings.

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Evan Price's farcical promise to fuel data revolution – through service stations

Waitomo Group agreed to a controversial businessman installing mysterious internet technology in its service stations – but it soon proved 'pie in the sky'.

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Sam Uffindell was lucky to avoid NZ’s criminal justice system as a schoolboy – but it was the right outcome

However you look at it, the National Party has selected someone who once committed an act of criminal violence to represent the Tauranga electorate in parliament.

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An Angel at the Black Ferns' doorstep

After a troubled childhood, promising young prop Angel Mulu charged her way into the Black Ferns this season, boosting her dream to play at the Rugby World Cup.

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Uffindell stood down over new university bullying allegations

In a late-night statement, National leader Christopher Luxon stands down the new Tauranga MP after new allegations about his intimidating behaviour at a university flat

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Uffindell affair sparks more questions about National judgment

The National Party has yet more questions to answer about its failures in candidate vetting and disclosure.

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Willis' unsuccessful attempt to woo women in Tauranga

National's deputy leader Nicola Willis says it is on everyone in the party to make sure there is greater diversity at next year's election, writes @jo_moir

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