'Serious accountability' called for over $92m roadworks as businesses fold
The council says 'lessons have been learnt' as it delays the next stage of roadworks.
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'My lungs collapsed... I thought I was going to die': Mum's horror health ordeal
'I couldn't get off the bed - I was [spending] 16 to 18 hours in bed. I can barely walk.'
'So uplifted': Industrial activity consent declined for BoP community
Tinex Group applied for retrospective resource consent for non-compliant activity.
The chore war: How working couples can make peace on the home front
Some women feel they have to 'parent' their male partners, which is a 'turn-off'.
'Once it’s gone, it’s gone': The risks of cities sprawling into farmland
OPINION: Yes, we need houses, but productive land is a precious and finite resource.
'Relieved' veteran MP flips seat; Luxon keen to get 'cracking', Ex-minister pushes for recount
'We don't want this to string out': Luxon says on coalition negotiations.
Two arrests after shooting, gunpoint robbery in Bay of Plenty
Police say they hope the arrests will reassure the community.
Gutted to lose him for the season: Chiefs boss on Sam Cane's Tokyo shift
Chiefs skipper takes break from NZ to play in Japan.
Have you seen Jordan? Search and rescue team join effort to find man
He did not return from his travel to the Wentworth Valley area on Sunday.
Victimised again: Jailed mobster got victim to change her testimony
Jason Rex Maney sentenced for wilfully attempting to pervert the course of justice.
White Island tragedy will change the way adventure tourism works in NZ
Whakaari Management Limited has been found guilty of breaching workplace safety laws.
Revealed: What not to talk about in your next job interview
'Talk about it at offer – you don’t have to talk about it at application'
Pay $50 or go to hospital: Mum says fee hike at after-hours clinic 'horrendous'
'I’m on a benefit ... having a spare $50 - it’s pretty hard in this day and age.'
Breakfast with the birds
The spit is home to both red and black-billed gull colonies.
Banning gang patches in public will do little - Ōpōtiki mayor
David Moore says Nat's planned gang patch policy won't work.
Rhythm & Alps and Beach Break: 10 Questions with Ocean Alley
Expect a "bloody good time" when Ocean Alley hit our shores this summer.
The Great New Zealand Road Trip: Nine Questions With ... Nadia Lim
The master chef outlines her greatest fear, her bucket-list hopes and a vision for NZ.
Baby Ru killing: Family of Malachi Subecz speak out
Malachi Subecz was murdered by his caregiver in November 2021.
Opinion: It's only a game and no one died
OPINION: There were so many winners at the Rugby World Cup, writes Tommy Wilson.
Rallying call sent out to establish new Pāpāmoa Food Hub
A rental space has been offered at Golden Sands Baptist Church.
Cycleway scrapped: Council listens to residents' concerns
Plans for a cycleway in Te Puke have been canned because of community opposition.
Message in a bottle: Fisherman in Canada finds Coromandel man's 2014 letter
'Well, well, well. I’ll go eat my hat,' the letter's author says. 'You’ve made my year.'
'A lot of debris': Clean-up will take time says Coromandel council
Ground conditions too wet for machinery and more rain forecast.
Some luck, more skill: How Air Force veteran survived the war and reached 100
His love of flying was sparked at just 5 years old and he grew up to be an Air Commodore.
Te Puke firefighter Jodi Purdie competes on world stage
Training and competing are great tools for being able to serve the community.
Wife's last words as husband of 60 years strangled her with a tie
They went out for breakfast, sat in the sun and went home, where he prepared to kill her.
New closing times ‘tough’ on Tauranga's CBD bars
Bars will now have to stop admitting people earlier.
White Island eruption: Company likely to be fined millions for tragedy
Fines for the White Island disaster are likely to be in the millions.
Private investigator eyes controversial security business
Details have been revealed in a licensing authority decision.
Buyers snapping up Tairua development
Thirty-five of the 52 available sections have been sold in the development.
Coromandel clean-up as flooded roads remain closed
"Fortunately, most of our key roading repair sites did not get worse during the storm."
'Bloody ridiculous': Veteran truckie tells of drivers using laptops, maps behind wheel
Fines for using mobile phones while driving have soared in the past six months.
Armed police presence in rural area near Tauranga
Plainclothed police staff with vests on could be seen walking up a rural driveway.
'Sun on the horizon' - Thunderstorms and rain to end the week before finer days are upon us
The better weather is expected to last through to at least the middle of the month.