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The world is still sizzling in the financial frypan, and we’ve plonked a centre-right Government into power...but don’t fret, because summer holidays are nearly here. To make life easier, we’ve made improvements to our online accommodation booking More... |
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Greetings from BoTCom, and here’s a promise: you won’t read anything about the global financial crisis in this newsletter. Yes, we know it’s serious, but one does need a break from all that doom and gloom... More... |
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Greetings from the staff at BoTCom. As we head into spring, shrugging off that grisly winter, plenty of fun outdoor events are looming... More... |
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G’day BoTCom readers, as we crawl out from under rocks in the dripping, grey forest. Or at least that’s how it feels...spring is out there somewhere! So if the winter blahs are getting at you, here’s another ripping getaway in Spotlight. The Lazy Tramper is a hideaway lodge near the top of the Kaimai Ranges. This is not your tramping of boil-a-billy on a gas stove, and put the tent up variety. This is what we call ‘how to go bush in style.’ More... |
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes, as Oscar Wilde put it. But times are a little tougher in the Western Bay, and it is part of the thinking behind our launch of a new page on Employment. It’s a useful addition to our pages on life style, education and real estate... More... |
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Brrrr... it feels, at time of writing, like The Land Global Warming Forgot. So keeping warm and nesting, and eating good hearty food are themes of the July newsletter (with a few adventure ideas for the Great Outdoors thrown in) More... |
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Many years ago, Tauranga people trekked up local river valleys to find flat stones. They scratched words on them using sharp flakes of black obsidian, the volcanic rock gathered from Mayor Island. These rock tablets were eagerly swapped between writers, in the earliest recorded evidence of a book club. Nowadays, you don’t need to tramp off gathering rocks for a good read, with all the book shops around Tauranga. Catch up on the book store scene in Spotlight. More... |
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Welcome to BoTCom's May newsletter, as winter starts to take a few icy jabs at us.
Here’s what you do: open the window and scream into the teeth of the southerly wind, ‘I will not be beaten by you winter – cold is my friend!’ Affirmations do work, you know... More... |
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