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Kai Co-op plan to address poverty and 'cut out the middle man'

'It is about addressing the duopoly that the supermarkets have.'

Flooding and slips throughout Bay of Plenty, 'more rain on the way'

Flooding was reported in Maketu, Paengaroa and Pikowai.

Revealed: The suburbs where everyone selling their home made a profit

First-quarter data also shows some sellers made hundreds of thousands.

Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations

Health officials said it was an important step in reducing historical health inequities.

The Chiefs' honest admission ahead of Super Rugby final

The Chiefs can now admit this is the matchup they wanted all along.

Western Bay ratepayers face 7.04 per cent average rates increase

It comes as the council plans to upgrade "key community facilities".

Business Digest: How Ngāti Whakaue is supporting its entrepreneurs

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Chamber boss: Businesses say no to more tolling

Opinion: People want their existing transport user fees and taxes spent more wisely.

Mark Lister: House prices have bottomed, but where might they go from here?

OPINION: Where the new 'normal' for mortgage rates might settle.

Lonely? How to make a new best friend in adulthood

While you can ask someone, “Are you single?”, there's no question, “Are you friended?”

'The lost, the lonely, the battered, and the bruised': The man fixing broken people

Poverty in Paradise: The team that takes on 'those who are in the too-hard basket'.

'He was taking the vape all the time'

Karen Church discusses the impact a nearly four-year vaping addiction had on her 17-year-old son. Video / Alex Cairns

'He was ... going berserk': Families of teen vaping addicts speak out

Others say vaping 'ripped' a family apart and left a teen looking 'like death'.

Paeroa College receives $40K grant for multisport complex

NZCT has awarded a grant to Paeroa College's sports-complex project.

Man flees Tauranga crash, believed to have jumped into estuary

Inquiries are ongoing to locate the male who fled, say police.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Only luck has prevented more tragedies like Loafers Lodge

OPINION: Boarding houses were common in many New Zealand towns and cities after the war.