The Takitimu North Link Stage 1 project is a Crown-funded, new 6.8km 4-lane expressway between Tauranga and Te Puna, providing an alternative route to the existing State Highway 2.

E u’u no te akau roa, ka oki rai ki tona akau roa” (the (parrot) fish from the reef, will always return to its home) – Aitutakian proverb. I was born under the shadow of Te Rua Manga in Ruatonga with ...