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Goodbye 2020: Rotorua welcomes in 2021 together
31 Dec, 2020 01:02 AM
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New Year s Eve Rotorua Night Market visitors enjoy the sounds of Rotorua s Remaster. Photo / Shauni James
New Year s Eve Rotorua Night Market visitors enjoy the sounds of Rotorua s Remaster. Photo / Shauni James
Shauni James is the Rotorua Weekender reportershauni.james@nzme.co.nz@thedailypost
As the year came to a close - a year which could be described as unprecedented and challenging - people banded together to send off 2020. Thursday night s extra-late Rotorua Night Market finished at 10pm and featured local entertainment, including Remaster and the crew from 8 Scott Ave The Musical, alongside the food vendors offering an abundance of choice.
Kiri Gillespie: Tauranga s Wharf St upgrade just what city needs right now
16 Dec, 2020 08:00 PM
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Wharf St s new dining precinct has opened and is already attracting plenty of punters. Photo / Jeremy Aubertin
Wharf St s new dining precinct has opened and is already attracting plenty of punters. Photo / Jeremy Aubertin
OPINION Council coups, a shock mayoral resignation, petitions against nearly everything and now news that rates could go up by about 45 per cent over the next three years - it has been a long, strange and tough year for Tauranga.
But is the new $5.56 million Wharf St dining precinct the tonic Tauranga needs right now? Yes, I think so.