Latest from Tauranga

Letters to the editor: Paula Bennett column strikes a chord

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Missing doctor a 'lovely soul' - hundreds join search to find him

Hundreds of volunteers join search for Pāpāmoa 31-year-old.

'Shattered': Slow recovery for Te Puke boy finally home from hospital

The "shattered" 7-year-old still can't go to school or see his friends.

'Matter of life and death': Mum's plea to give blood as donations plummet

Donations are down 30 and 35 per cent and another 700 are needed this month.

Opinion: 'Shooting a little girl?' That is not war. That is a war crime

OPINION: We might have problems in NZ, but look at what's happening in Ukraine.

'I'm smitten': An affair to remember in dark times

Sunrise is a reminder of beauty in our broken world.

Simon Bridges on his regrets, mayoralty — and that 'trainwreck' interview

Q&A: The outgoing Tauranga MP gets frank on his biggest highs and lows in Parliament.

School leaders 'very much relieved' for increased access to RATs

Fifty nine per cent of schools in the Bay are managing Covid cases.

'Silent disease': Man loses job, licence and nearly goes blind

'It's irreversible, there's no cure, what you've got is what you've got to live with.'

Ten Covid-related deaths reported today, one in BOP

Today's case update.

Premium Debate: Tauranga subscribers react to Simon Bridges' retirement from politics

OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.

Who wants Simon Bridges' seat? Hands go up for Tauranga byelection

Tauranga-based Labour list MP Jan Tinetti wants to contest the byelection.

700kg of cocaine seized at border 'destined for another country'

Experts suspect cocaine seized on a ship docked in Tauranga was destined for elsewhere.

'Crucial','vital' Aussie visitors to be welcomed in time for school holidays

Vaccinated Australians can come to NZ without isolating from April 12.

The region where kids make up a third of Covid hospitalisations

But children often responded 'quickly' to treatment, the board says.

Tiny home a hit with kids, and mum

With the cost of renting in Tauranga, Jonea Dance looked at owning her own tiny home.