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Olympics: Speed climber aims to scale new heights

Tauranga is home to the only official speed climbing wall in the country.

Caddie great Steve Williams chooses Rotorua for 'last hurrah' in speedway

Starship Foundation and Ronald McDonald House will benefit from the fundraiser.

'Absolutely stoked': BoP men's golf team breaks 10-year NZ title drought

The match was decided on the final hole.

Tauranga athletes strike gold at national games

The NZ Special OIympics National Summer Games have been held in Hamilton.

Subscribers weigh in on warning bells ringing for Labour

OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.

'Grateful': Student receives $11k scholarship to work in Colombia

“There is an entirely different culture here," Tania Simpson said.

Jo Raphael: Plan changes will be good for our cities - let’s grow up

OPINION: Jo Raphael asks, if not here, then where?

Local voice, environmental conflicts key issues for councils in RMA reforms

The Government’s Resource Management Act reforms promise to be cheaper, faster and better.

Patient considers dipping $90K into retirement fund for non-publicly funded heart procedure

'If I don’t get it, it’s going to cause me problems with [shortness] of breath.'

‘We can breathe’: Health battler achieves 'wildest' dreams with new home

Grateful family say their newly built home is a dream come true.

Subscribers weigh in - what if the Reserve Bank is wrong?

OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.

Kiri Gillespie: Links Ave issue highlights question of adaption

OPINION: The biggest objectors to the Links Ave closure don't live there.

Sonya Bateson: Stop giving gifts that are meaningless and wasteful

OPINION: What we choose to give the people we love and appreciate should spark joy.

Mix of new seating to be installed on Mauao

New seating will be installed throughout walking tracks on Mauao in the coming week.

'A really worthy cause': Street residents rally for Tauranga Women's Refuge

'A lot of people out there are willing to do what they can in the littlest of ways.'

Councillor claims standing orders for meetings are 'confusing'

The 2022 standing orders were adopted for three more years but with some minor amendments.