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Cup champ Peter Burling home to see sailors who helped shape him

Hometown hero back in Tauranga to mark yachting club's 100 years of sailing.

Easter sport: Speedway season ends with a bang; world ODI record set at Bay Oval

Forget Easter egg hunts, the Bay turned it on for all the sport nuts this weekend.

Local Focus: Popular Waterline educator retires after 16 years

Adrienne Rickey looks back at teaching 39,000 children. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Tourism NZ forecasts $1b boost if transtasman bubble opens

Aussies are already making plans to visit in the lead-up to Tuesday's travel announcement.

Trash city: Tauranga's household waste woes

It's hoped the new kerbside collection service will change things around for Tauranga.

Stephanie Worsop: Turning my millennial self into a Gen Z

Opinion: Can I let go of my millennial ways to be cool like the younger generation?

Smooth sailing: Yacht club of Olympians - including Cup hero Burling - marks 100 years

All hands on deck for Tauranga Yacht & Power Boat Club centennial this weekend.

'Phenomenal result': 50 per cent of Tauranga's new luxury apartments sell off plans

Twelve of the 24 luxury Luxridge Apartments planned for 1-3 Selwyn St have now been sold.

How many firearms handed in under latest gun buyback

Police have paid out well over $100 million for the gun buyback scheme since 2019.

Surf and therapy combine to teach life lessons

Maketū teens learn life lessons out in the surf.

Jo Raphael: Easter the perfect time to spread kindness

OPINION: Easter's the time to pay it forward.

Your long weekend guide: Bumper line-up of Easter events in Tauranga

Thousands of visitors expected to descend on Tauranga this Easter weekend.

'This is so predictable. Rates up, bureaucracy up, and still no results'

But the spend-up has been justified as helping deliver city's biggest shake-up in history.

Rash of crashes: Cars flip, tree hit, vehicles collide

There have been a series of crashes around the Bay of Plenty this afternoon.

Zizi Sparks: Why you should care about long-term council plans

Opinion: A long-term plan affects everyone in the region.

'Treat them like a bluebottle': Potentially harmful sea slug washing up along BOP coast

People are advised to stay away from the slugs and to keep dogs away from them too.