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Waitangi Day in the Bay of Plenty: Your guide to events
Annual events will be returning this Waitangi Day to bring local communities together.
School community rallies after theft
Community supports Ōropi School after break-in, tools stolen.
Driver dies after car crashes, rolls into creek, in Pukehina
Police confirmed there were no other passengers in the vehicle.
Life’s a beach: Best Beach 2025 winners react to victories
The Herald Travel’s Best Beach competition has hung up its jandals for another year.
Mum’s ‘hellish’ fight to recover after motorcycle crash
'I was high-sided into the air and landed on the cheese-cutters.'
Opinion: History shows average market forecasts often miss the mark
OPINION: The market has risen in 93 out of 125 years, with 47 years over 20%.
15yo Kiwi runner becomes youngest ever national athletics champ
Rising star Sam Ruthe has produced another extraordinary run over 3000m.
Best Beach: NZ’s favourite beaches of 2025 revealed – and Ōhope isn’t one of them
The winners of Best Beach 2025 have been revealed – did your favourite triumph?
'It's a joke': Victim owed nearly $350k reparation
Victims owed millions - one man wants more done to pursue offenders.
‘Serious addiction to disgusting things’: Preschool teacher tells police
The 22-year-old woman was arrested after an FBI sting in the US.
Homicide: Violent gang fight in Ōpōtiki leaves one dead after stabbing
Police said despite medical attention, the man died at the scene.
Tauranga’s first Māori ward councillor resigns
He was elected in July but has not been able to take up the role due to illness.
Police name woman who died at Pilot Bay
Laushaun Ying Soon died at Pilot Bay in early January.
100yo's wise words: 'Don't spend your time trying to make other people happy'
... and don't forget the daily toddy.
Tauranga police seek information on 2023 killing
Police renew plea for information in relation to man's violent 2023 death.
Dumbbells, deadlifts and dairy cows: The rural gym with four-legged observers
No gym rats staring here, just livestock.
‘Embarrassing’: Tinetti removes social post criticising school lunch made when Labour in power
'I think that this is a hamburger. I am not certain.'
‘Freddy the frog’ feature of minister’s mining strategy
Shane Jones wants to start a conversation about mining on conservation land.
$3 billion by 2035 - Shane Jones lays out mining plan
A protest was organised for outside the mine this morning.
'Just about spat my coffee': How five mates made a viral Google moment
'We saw the car and thought, Why not?'
'Round and round': One letter sent six times but never received
Robyn Bronlund-Stads sends mail to the same address monthly. She knows it's correct.
Saying goodbye to the last mayor of Te Puke
Family and friends remember a man passionate about his community.
Major retailer reviews helium warnings after mum’s party death
The Warehouse plans to review helium warnings but won't impose age restrictions.
'Left for dead': 12yo finds badly injured mobster dad in shed after hammer attack
The Mongrel Mob member's skull was shattered 'into minute pieces'.
'Bland' school lunches arrive up to three hours late, just before home-time
Principals had to buy food to tide students over or pull them out of class to eat late.
Scrub fire along railway tracks near SH2 contained
The fire is 'growing quickly' according to witnesses.
‘And we’re back': Carrington hints at bid for LA 2028
Dame Lisa Carrington’s time in the Olympic arena could yet continue.
'Massive revitalisation’: The new builds changing the face of Tauranga
Tauranga's city centre is seeing a massive revitalisation for private and public projects.
Kiri Allan slams ‘despicable’ Government actions on Treaty bill
'Te Tiriti is not about race, Te Tiriti is about how each of us find a home here.'
Medical imaging now more accessible in Bay of Plenty
A new medical imaging clinic is now open in Tauranga.
Zespri receives $24.1m payout for mice-damaged kiwifruit shipment
Zespri CEO Jason Te Brake said the settlement was a positive outcome for the industry.