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The Bay of Plenty DHB has been contacted for comment.

NZ cricketers embark on a week-long tour in celebration of their Test Championship win.

After 20 people - who had waited hours - left the facility, the vaccines were delivered.

A shipment of 150,000 vaccines has arrived two days early.

Householders urged to tell trust how they can be paid. Last year they got $280.

Jacinda Ardern says first jab was "pretty pain-free".

PM unveils vaccine rollout scheme - when you can get your Covid jabs.

Emergency services - including a helicopter - rushed to the scene.

One woman's 91-year-old mother suffering with dementia is still waiting for a vaccine.

Sinking boaties have been saved by recreational fishers on Manukau Harbour.

Trust plans to reopen Tipene next year.

Death follows that of woman found dead this week.

Boat had five times the legal limit - 99 snapper between three men.

Homicide inquiry into woman's death in Pukekohe.

A body has been found at a Pukekohe property.

Judge says it was "sheer luck" there wasn't a death.

There's no way out of Port Waikato unless you're "brave and hardy".

Babies bring light to a dark year.

Full list: Which schools will get free school lunches?

Full list: North Island schools getting free school lunches (except Wellington).

Beachfront residents did not hear sirens or receive texts in tsunami alert test.

Two reports ask what schools and parents can learn from the last lockdown,

Establishing a Commissioner for the Elderly should be investigated by the Government.

Private, integrated and state schools within a 4km radius could hardly be more different.

Puppies drowned with mouths and legs taped: 'They would have suffered'.

Someone must know who deliberately and cruelly drowned these puppies.

Family members of a young butcher who died suddenly are pleading to attend his funeral.

Small schools to get better lights and insulation in bid to restart economy.

School holiday programmes ready to help if schools close.