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Job 'vacancies everywhere' provide leverage for staff to up the ante with bosses

Employees improving their current positions by saying they have other job offers.

One dead after SH35 crash in Te Kaha, Opotiki, road closed

Motorists are asked to take an alternate route.

'No expiration date on grief' but author finds hope in loss

Dawn Picken hopes her memoir will help others dealing with their own grief journey

Comment: Māori Boy from Awahou - the MBA that matters

OPINION: So how does one qualify for their honorary MBA qualification?

Mourning and writing: Columnist shares her grief story in a new memoir that benefits a local charity

Columnist's memoir provides hope for people who grieve while raising money for charity.

Final Bay of Plenty Regional Council election results released

Special votes have been counted, the final results are now in for the regional council.

Harry Potter star dies: Tributes flow for Hagrid actor

Robbie Coltrane "will probably be best remembered for decades to come as Hagrid."

Mark Lister: Shares are looking cheap, or are they?

Biggest driver of share prices over the long-term is earnings companies are generating.

Graffiti and rubbish: Concerns for 'scruffy' city as cruise ships return

'Tauranga used to be a really picturesque city. I find that it's not anymore.'

Bay of Plenty hapū leads restoration project in wetlands

The rehabilitation of 5.3ha of salt marsh and grazing land near Athenree is under way.

Sonya Bateson: What kind of adults are impoverished children going to grow up to be?

OPINION: Things seem a lot harder now than when I was a child, writes Sonya Bateson.

Subscribers weigh in on why so many Kiwis didn't vote

OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.

Person dies after overnight crash in Matata

The crash was reported to police shortly after 9pm.

Power restored to thousands of Tauranga customers

Thirty-five thousand properties were affected by the outage.

'The family farm is at risk': Emissions plan worries Bay farmers

Bay of Plenty farmers say it might alter future generations' decision to farm.

Netflix ads: Start date, pricing, limitations revealed

Streaming wars enter a new phase.

Slow start to spring for housing market as prices drop, but agents optimistic

'Hopefully we're coming out of a difficult time but who knows with interest rates.'

400 new homes: Development pitched at families, first-home buyers

The council has "big plans to meet the needs of the growing population".