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Jo Raphael: You have a choice about vaccines, make the right one

OPINION: Anti-vaxxers are not being discriminated against.

Getting vaccinated a 'no-brainer' for Bay lifeguards

Lifeguards - including volunteers - are required to be fully vaccinated by January 1.

Young Kawerau leaders head 'significant shift' in vaccinations

"They know them, they know their families. There's that trust there."

Rob Rattenbury: Failure teaches the realities of life

OPINION: It's dreaded exam time again.

'Way of the world now': Only 1% of Tauranga homes valued under $600,000

OneRoof: Tauranga's current average property value was $1,189,000.

Why some Bay areas are still struggling to get jabbed

Some Bay areas still have low vax rates - what's being done to raise them?

Car crash in Wairakei: One person injured, SH5 temporarily closed

The person has been taken to Waikato Hospital by helicopter.

No new Covid cases in Bay of Plenty and Lakes, three 'high risk' locations of interest

Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Te Puke and Taupō locations of interest have been announced.

Finger-gunpoint arrest tale told as respected top cop retires

Competent, dignified and a quiet achiever - Mark Loper loved to catch the bad guys.

Man loses both parents and brother to cancer

Andy Kirk is running the Auckland Marathon to raise money for the Gut Cancer Foundation.

Businesses concerned about revenue as traffic light system starts

'We just have to push through and we'll do it until we can't afford to.'

The 5-year hunt for Comancheros gang boss

Exclusive: NZ in talks with Turkey over return of 'international commander'.

'I thought, another win?': Tauranga Lotto punter bags $6.3m

The win comes just over a week after a local couple won $10.3m.

'My rage is just, I want to kill everybody': Jury finds stabbing accused guilty

Wilson Wirihana was found guilty of manslaughter.

Simon Bridges on his week of 'ups and downs'

The MP says he has 'bounced back' after leadership contest.

Mount reserve proposed as new home for playcentre

Tauranga City Council has proposed changes to a reserve to assist a local playcentre,