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• Man waited five weeks in hospital for triple-bypass

  Aman needing triple bypass heart surgery waited in Waikato Hospital for more than a month, in a ward of other similarly delayed patients.

• Bayly wins byelection by landslide

  National MP Andrew Bayly has won the seat of Port Waikato in the byelection by a landslide.

• The Wairoa River — when the mouth opened it all went

  If anyone really wanted to know what was happening with the Wairoa River as it threatened to flood Wairoa and the eastern reaches towards the river’s mouth on Sunday, they could have asked Arthur Blake.

• Christmas appeal for Foodbank under way

  The Bay of Plenty Times Christmas Appeal to raise donations for the Tauranga Community Foodbank has begun, and we are asking you to be part of it.

• Mobility scooter crash Dedicated gardener bought plants the day he died

  Edward Duffy bought a batch of new plants the day he died.

• Parade accident: People ‘crying in pain’

  A West Auckland woman who was thrown under a stage after a BurgerFuel-branded car collided with a community brass band at yesterday’s Avondale Christmas Parade has described people “crying in pain” and searching for their children in a chaotic mass of people.

• EDITORIALPort Waikato byelection was pointless

  There has possibly never been a more pointless byelection in this country than the one just held in the Port Waikato electorate. This needs to be said, and it is said with due respect for the late Act candidate, Neil Christensen, who died a week before the general election.

• Is the grass really greener in Aussie?

  As a maths teacher Liam McMahon is good with numbers and one striking sum stands out — when he moved to Australia, he instantly pocketed a $31,000 pay rise.

• Cycle trail back open after repairs

  After being severely damaged in the storms that hit New Zealand in the early part of the year, the Kaikōkopu-Ridge Road trail is open again.

• MĀORI SPORTS AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

  The 2023 Māori Sports Awards scholarship recipients and winners are:

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