Latest from Mt Maunganui

Bethlehem College takes national Stage Art title for third year on trot

Performing arts have become an entrenched tradition for the school.

Pedestrian seriously injured after being hit by car

Police were notified of the incident at 7.35am.

David Beck: How I'm fighting anxiety one day at a time

Conquering mental health issues is a journey not a destination.

Kristin Macfarlane: Focus on mental health timely in 2020

COMMENT: Increasingly open conversations about wellbeing can only be a good thing.

'We're making history': New World Brookfield opens eatery

After five years in the making, NZ's first supermarket eatery is now open.

Tommy Wilson: 'We have come a long way since our parents were punished for speaking te reo'

COMMENT: So where to from here with our Māori language?

Why Māori medium education is 'nothing short of extraordinary'

"We all have a responsibility to ... ensure our language continues, survives and thrives."

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.

Comment: We can't control Covid-19, but we can control our actions in our fight against it

COMMENT: Our mental, physical and economic health can't cope with a nationwide lockdown.

One dead, others injured in single vehicle crash

Four other passengers were medically checked but escaped without serious injury.

Tauranga Moana iwi helping city fight Covid-19

Tauranga iwi groups are supporting city's fight against Covid-19.

'Absolutely thrilled': Pāpāmoa surf life saving receives funding boost

The Pāpāmoa Surf Life Saving Club can finally complete a much needed rebuild.

Tauranga Moana, Hauraki kaumātua to focus on tikanga first

Tauranga Moana and Hauraki kaumātua aim to strengthen relationship.

Surf life saving boost: New hub to be built at Mount Maunganui

More than $3 million has been allocated to surf life saving projects in the Bay of Plenty.

Inspired by Greta: Bay's Generation Z working to change world

Generation Z - the future leaders to save the world.

Kids dragged through the mud - and happy about it

Muddy, messy and lots of smiles.