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Two men are due to appear in the Whakatane District Court today charged with murder

2 July 2022

A 25-year-old man and a 32-year old man were arrested yesterday over the murder of 48-year-old Mark Hohua in Whakatane last week.

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17 Dec: The West Indies have warmed-up for the third and final cricket test against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui by chilling out

17 Dec: Meanwhile, Ngapuhi's is getting back Northland's historic Kororipo Pa - in the Kerikeri Basin

17 Dec: More than a 100-thousand dollars in fines - for Waikato farms convicted of mismanaging effluent

17 Dec: State Highway 2 is closed in western Bay of Plenty - north of Tauranga - after a crash between a truck and a car at Tanners Point - about 9am

17 Dec: Firefighters are returning to battle a blaze today at South Taranaki's Waiinu Beach - after rain was welcomed yesterday

16 Dec: Residents of a South Taranaki village have been on standby overnight to evacuate, as a vegetation fire rages nearby

15 Dec: Police are canvassing a large area of Rotorua today after launching a homicide investigation into the death of a man on Friday evening

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