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Jo Raphael: Rates are a necessary evil

OPINION: The status quo is no longer acceptable.

Local Focus: Meet the commissioners - Stephen Selwood 'Tauranga has suffered'

Former Infrastructure NZ boss on being a commissioner. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Richie McCaw and team isport take second at GodZone

The team travelled 666km in six days.

Second Tauranga meth smuggler convicted in 500kg drug operation

Another Tauranga man has been convicted for importing 500kg of P and P-dealing charges.

Tauranga entrepreneurs take over iconic Rotorua building

The building is almost unrecognisable from its former self.

'It's fairly catastrophic': $3 million business now worth 'basically nothing'

"That's my retirement plan down the gurgler."

Huge support for Peter Burling as America's Cup finals racing begins

Tauranga's own son Peter Burling and Team New Zealand teammates take on Luna Rossa.

Bay of Plenty's kiwifruit harvest begins

There is a forecasted record crop on the horizon.

$75m Ōmokoroa Town Centre resource consent 'exciting', commissioners told

Independent commissioners are considering a $75m town centre resource consent.

New kerbside collection bins ready for roll out

The new bins will be delivered to the kerbside in front of each household.

Western Bay moves to restricted fire season

The restrictions were put in place this morning.

City in 'crisis': Commissioners warned of 5000-house deficit in next decade

"We are behind, there are no two ways about it."

Hello future district: We have a plan says Western Bay Council

But more help is needed from the community for the finalisation of the Long-term Plan.

Mount parents plead for schoolchildren's safety on busy road

Community pay "huge price" for 30 minutes of marginally better traffic flow, say parents.

Investment needed to cope with population growth

The Long-term Plan 2021-31 aims to address problems caused by the city's rapid growth.

Cricket: Greerton maintain unbeaten record

Greerton won a top-of-the-table clash against Central Indians on Saturday.