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Cost of delaying commission-run city's elections revealed

The decision to delay the Tauranga City Council election has been revealed.

Covid 19: Record 24 deaths including two in BOP reported today

Today's case numbers.

'More choice for buyers': Four Bay towns reach price records but sales slide

REINZ: The Bay of Plenty has reached a new record of $960,000. Four other towns did too.

Opinion: Crisis after crisis - and many families will not survive

MEREPEKA RAUKAWA-TAIT: Collective leadership is needed to sort the country's woes.

Reducing booze harm or hurting hospo? Closing time submissions heard

Eighteen groups and individuals tell the council what they think of earlier closing times.

Simon Bridges on quitting politics, his legacy - and what comes next

Outgoing MP says he expects a great by-election battle between red and blue for his seat.

'Cop-out' and 'Every little bit helps': Mixed cost of living relief reactions

The Government has cut 25 cents off fuel tax, but will it ease the cost of living crisis?

Watch: 'Even the bad times have been good' - Simon Bridges to quit Parliament

Simon Bridges quits after 14 years in Parliament, byelection in Tauranga on the way.

'Easier to get around': Thousands fewer cars on the road as Omicron hits

Thousands of people with Covid and their household contacts will be isolating.

'No immediate solution': Supply chain woes hit Bay hospitals

The Bay of Plenty District Health board says surgeries and procedures are not affected.

One Covid-19 related death in Lakes district

It comes as there are more than 14,400 cases throughout the entire country.

Police ask for help to find missing Pāpāmoa man

Anyone with information regarding David Holland or his whereabouts should call 105.

Serious accident on SH1 in Waikato

Police were alerted to the crash at about 8.30pm and have closed a section of the highway.

Covid 19: Person with Covid dies in Bay of Plenty DHB area, new cases in Bay and Lakes

Today's case numbers.

Covid vaccination drive-throughs in the Bay this weekend

Vaccination drive-throughs are in Ōpōtiki, Kawerau and Murupara, Tauranga and Pāpāmoa.

How many Māori vaccinations to reach 90% fully vaxxed?

As Omicron continues to spread, the Bay's 90 per cent vaxxed target is yet to be reached.