The buzzer beater: Derone Raukawa says Hawks crowd lifted his team to win
17 May, 2021 03:11 AM
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Match-winner Derone Raukawa is mobbed by teammates after the last gasp 82-20 win against the Nelson Giants, National League Basketball, PGA arena, Napier. 16 May 2021 NEWS Photograph/Ian Cooper
Match-winner Derone Raukawa is mobbed by teammates after the last gasp 82-20 win against the Nelson Giants, National League Basketball, PGA arena, Napier. 16 May 2021 NEWS Photograph/Ian Cooper
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Louise Gould
Derone Raukawa knows the opportunities to lift the Pettigrew Green Arena s roof won t come around every day. The Taylor Hawks point guard broke the Nelson Giants with a National Basketball League buzzer-beater at his home
Confusion around start date of new Tauranga City Council rubbish collection service
17 May, 2021 06:00 AM
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The new Tauranga City Council rubbish bin and recycling bin line-up. Photo / George Novak
Most Tauranga residents appear to be aware of the July 1 start date for the council s new council rubbish collection service but a small number are jumping the gun.
Tauranga City Council says it has received 18 reports (0.04 per cent of delivered bins to date) about bins being put out before the new kerbside collection had started.
Parkvale resident Isabelle Crosson, 26, received the new bins after she and her husband moved from Pāpāmoa and started putting them out for collection straight away.