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Rotorua police looking into spate of gang-related incidents

Police are working hard to stamp out gang-related incidents in Rotorua.

Ministry explains why six weeks between vaccines is optimal

Why people who receive the vaccine are told to wait for six weeks instead of three.

Jo Raphael: The race for 90% vaccination is on and we're falling behind

OPINION: The goal is to get every region to 90 per cent vaccinated.

Hanging on by a 'whisker': How will the Bay regain its economic confidence?

So what is the answer to regaining that economic confidence?

'Warm for October's standards': Heavy rain watch, thunderstorms for BOP

The rest of the year is looking good weather-wise despite a turbulent start to spring.

Decision looming: Second chance for Uni centre in Tauranga's Marine Park

City council to decide whether to reclassify land tipped for Uni marine facility.

They help you at rock bottom, but who helps them?

Their fulltime job is to help everyone at rock bottom, but how is their mental health?

Māori Health Authority is a ''re-imagined connected health system'

Sharon Shea speaks on what she hopes to achieve as co-chair.

Three Waters in the Bay: Who's in, who's out, and why that matters

Tauranga and Western Bay councils reveal their concerns ahead of the Three Waters reform.

'The whole thing just stinks': Landlords selling up as tax rules bite

Doorway has opened for corporate rental identities 'who only care about the money'.

Canal tragedy: Coroner rules on cause of truck driver's death

John Paul's truck left the road, crashed through a fence, across a paddock and into water.

Local Focus: Meet the king of the sandcastle

Pāpāmoa sand sculptor shares his secrets to creating next-level sandcastles.

Tauranga bakery reopens after Covid scare shutdown

Uppercrust Bakery is open again after being shut for 14 days due to a Covid scare.

Matt Cowley: We need more time to consider Three Waters Reform

OPINION: Change needs to happen in a logical order.

Jo Raphael: Wastewater result shows why level 2 rules are needed

OPINION: A positive Covid test in wastewater will have people on edge.

Tauranga wastewater results come back negative

Covid-19 was not detected in wastewater from Tauranga and Mount Maunganui.