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Updated strategy to guide planning and provision of sport facilities

The BOP Spaces and Places Strategy 2020-23 builds on the first such strategy in 2017.

Regional council brings 'a multi-level approach to iwi engagement'

CouncilMARK is an independent programme that assesses how councils are performing.

City council's $285,000 byelection to carry on

'We are in a legislative process, it continues as is, the costs are the costs.'

New factory grounds blessed in Tauriko

The factory is planned to be operational in the second half of calendar year 2023.

Young surf lifeguards gain vital skills

Nineteen candidates aged 15-plus converged at Waihi Beach.

Bryan Gould: Investment bank could be a panacea to economy woes

OPINION: Government could establish an investment bank to stimulate economy.

Letters to the editor: Speed limit reduction illogical

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

White Island hospital staff speak of sights etched in memory

"The sheer volume of critically ill patients ... is something I've never experienced,"

Parents' legacy lives on for young children orphaned by White Island tragedy

Three children orphaned in the White Island tragedy are learning parents' legacy.

New jobs put bright spin on redundancies

Redundancies have opened new doors for two men in the Bay.

Why ketamine is being trialled as an antidepressant in the Bay

The new drug trial is looking for participants.

'Rightful owners': Government publically apologises to Eastern Bay iwi for treaty wrongs

The signing followed approval by 91 per cent of iwi members.

Letters to the editor: Labour's economics an easy target

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Dawn Picken: Big Brother is watching

OPINION: Facial images may be collected at a distance, without consent or knowledge.

Construction milestone in Bay Link project gets under way, delays expected

There will be a partial closure of the roundabout causing some delay for motorists.

Samantha Motion: Minister's move to sack council a bold one

Opinion: Can a commission stop Tauranga going round in circles?