Latest from Tauranga

Local Focus: Cameron Luxton on Candidate Camera

Act candidate Cameron Luxton wants to take the politics out of infrastructure.

Pain at the pump: Where's the cheapest gas near you?

The prices have seen a spike in EV and hybrid sales and could end one man's career.

Watch: Justice Minister Kris Faafoi talks legal aid, and delays

The maximum income thresholds for legal aid are being lifted, but some say not by enough.

Tauranga builder fails with $518,000 shortfall, recession fears raised

"We are now accumulating a backlog of unfinished houses" - National MP Andrew Bayly

Tsunami sirens plan abandoned, considered too unreliable

Concerns were raised people relying on sirens would be let down in an emergency.

'Different story': Earlier bowel cancer screening could have saved her - widower

'She died before she would've qualified to be tested.'

Local Focus: Sam Uffindell on Candidate Camera

National's Tauranga by-election candidate on why he's the person to replace Simon Bridges.

Local Focus: Jan Tinetti on Candidate Camera

Labour's Tauranga by-election candidate Jan Tinetti discusses the big issues on camera.

Data prompts fresh calls for greater investment in 'death trap' highway

The new highway came with a hefty price tag so has it been worth it?

Violence, racism and dysfunction: Who will step up to fix city's problems?

The next MP for Tauranga will face some massive challenges.

Takitimu North Link: Chance to meet construction crew

Construction is about to get underway on the first of eight bridges to be built.

Simon Bridges' multi-million-dollar house 'under offer'

The former National Party leader and Tauranga MP has shifted his family to Auckland.

Jo Raphael: Beak Peek or Chin Nappy - there's only one right way to wear a mask

OPINION: There is one visible reminder that Covid isn't over and won't be for some time.

'What a farce': Links Ave petition presentation called to abrupt halt

'We understand it is causing significant disruption to people's lives.'

'So lucky and thankful': Tauranga tennis player receives scholarship to United States university

"I want to play my whole life and see how good I can get."

'Changed beyond recognition': The impact of the pandemic on frontline health workers' mental health

'We're seeing is high rates of depression, anxiety and burnout among health workers.'