Latest from Mt Maunganui

Mauao records 800,000 visits to summit last year. Should we let the mountain rest?

Thousands reach the summit of Mount Maunganui daily, but a day of rest is important.

New art gallery celebrates local partnership

The portraits feature whānau dressed in traditional Māori dress.

Winston Peters: Regions, seniors and experience matters in NZ election

Winston Peters: The regions are critical to our New Zealand's survival.

Winston Peters: New Zealand First leader visits Tauranga

New Zealand First leader has addressed a public meeting in Tauranga this afternoon.

Kristin Macfarlane: New Zealand's downfalls pale in comparison to Europe or the US

OPINION: Not being able to look elsewhere forces you to appreciate what you have.

Communities split over free school lunches

Full list: Which schools will get free school lunches?

Drivers risk road closures due to speeding at roadworks

Motorists need to be "putting themselves in the boots of our workers", Rob Campbell says.

Letters to the editor: Kerbside service 'for the greater good'

Readers have their say.

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.'