Tauranga

Peata Larkin’s 7m-tall sculpture was unveiled in Tauranga’s Red Square at dawn last Friday.

An environmentalist group says it is trying to stay positive over a promise by Mount Maunganui industrial businesses to clean up their act.

The $300,000 installation is a circular, laser-cut steel sculpture which will soon stand in Red Square with views of Tauranga Moana.

A Tauranga hapū is disappointed that public land they wanted to buy for homes has instead been sold to a private developer.

Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Pūkenga will be gathering on Monday to pay respect to Kiingi Tuheitia.

Two days after the election on July 20, the council announced Sydney was undergoing medical treatment in hospital.

Special votes and Saturday voting are still to be counted.

Tauranga will choose who will be running their city for the first time in five years on Saturday.

The top of the table game between unbeaten 1st XV teams Hamilton Boys and Tauranga Boys will be livestreamed on Whakaata Māori's YouTube channel Māori Active from 12.30pm today.

The legal process to transfer the land, which the $306 million civic precinct Te Manawataki O Te Papa is being built on, to a joint trust is complete.