Latest from Mt Maunganui

Tania Ririnui: 'We watched our parents fight for our right to the reo'

COMMENT: I was one of Tauranga Moana's first tauira at the first official kōhanga reo.

Arohanoa Artistry - combining te reo, culture and business

The cultural influence of Arohanoa Mathews' work is obvious at first glance.

NZ festivals aim to strengthen Māori culture by promoting te reo

Maori Language Week: One Love and Bay Dreams to further support promotion of te reo Māori.

Māori Language Week: Riapo Panapa - filling a void with te reo

Te Wiki o te reo Māori/Māori Language Week gets underway today.

Kristin Macfarlane: Ignorance valued speaking another person's language over my own

Te Wiki o te reo Māori/Māori Language Week gets under way today.

NZ Architecture Awards: Who made the cut?

45 projects from Whangarei to Wanaka have been shortlisted for the awards.

Making streets safer and more enjoyable: 1300 responses received

Consultation on Innovating Streets in The Mount has now closed.

Train hits motorbike abandoned on tracks

'It was pushed along a couple of hundred metres.'

Kids dragged through the mud - and happy about it

Muddy, messy and lots of smiles.

Traffic slows after single-vehicle crash in Mount Maunganui

The crash happened on State Highway 29A.

Temporary closure of Mt Maunganui walking track

.The track is expected to be closed from 7am-12pm on Thursday.

Police attend multiple crashes in Western Bay of Plenty

Police were notified about 9.10am.

Are election hoardings becoming redundant?

Comment: I've never been tempted to vote based on anything seen on an election billboard.

Kristin Macfarlane: 'The gut-wrenching feeling of violation is the same'

Comment: I remember walking into my bedroom and it ransacked.

Tauranga widow's big birthday tribute to late husband

His birthday would have been next Tuesday on August 4.

Letters to the editor: Transfer station's 'minimum-charge regime' questioned

OPINION: Readers have their say.