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'Good feedback' on refreshed bus network

The shake-up of services also resulted in an $870,000 reduction in costs.

Location of interest: Fears for the homeless

One new location of interest has got advocates especially concerned.

Lanes open after crane crashes on Tauranga Harbour Bridge

Truck carrying a crane has crash on Tauranga Harbour Bridge

Man loses both parents and brother to cancer

Andy Kirk is running the Auckland Marathon to raise money for the Gut Cancer Foundation.

Businesses concerned about revenue as traffic light system starts

'We just have to push through and we'll do it until we can't afford to.'

The 5-year hunt for Comancheros gang boss

Exclusive: NZ in talks with Turkey over return of 'international commander'.

'I thought, another win?': Tauranga Lotto punter bags $6.3m

The win comes just over a week after a local couple won $10.3m.

'My rage is just, I want to kill everybody': Jury finds stabbing accused guilty

Wilson Wirihana was found guilty of manslaughter.

Mount reserve proposed as new home for playcentre

Tauranga City Council has proposed changes to a reserve to assist a local playcentre,

Hotel, conference centre, museum: $300m Tauranga civic rebuild 'fantastic' despite 'naysayers'

The $300m civic rebuild is considered an "opportunity too important to squander".

One arrest after alleged Gate Pa assault

One person has been arrested following an alleged assault incident in Tauranga tonight.

Four cases in BOP, none in Lakes, supermarket among new locations of interest

Today's new cases.

Western Bay council says unvaccinated people can use pools, libraries at orange - Tauranga undecided

Tauranga, Rotorua, Taupō councils still deciding facilities approach.

Pāpāmoa school shut down - staff, students 'close contacts'

"The school is now closed for logistical reasons."

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Tenants' behaviour needs a code of conduct

Intensification in our towns and cities will change our residential settings.

Local Focus: Sprinklers banned until April under new council plan

Tauranga City Council looks to Australia for water conservation tips.

'Really confusing': Bay businesses brace for new traffic light system

One hospitality owner says the sector has been rushed into bracing for Orange.

'Sledgehammer approach': Developers slam Plan Change 27 as hearing begins

'Time, dollars, frustration, resources – not what's needed or required.'