Latest from Tauranga

School-age children to get free bus fares, anytime as council urged to 'be brave'

'We may not be popular but now's the time to make a move. Tauranga can't wait.'

'A monster': Survivor hits out as serial rapist locked up indefinitely

'I am standing here today to reclaim my confidence and power.'

'No one wants to lose a child.' Rural schools want consistent speed limits

Submitters call for a consistent approach to speed limits outside rural schools.

Mauao to close to public for helicopter operation

Security and barriers will be in place at entrances to advise visitors of the closure.

Local Focus: Today is ME day

"Chronic Fatigue doesn't do it justice." Made with funding from NZ On Air.

May warmer than usual, but will it continue?

May has been warmer and drier than previous years on average.

Critic and backers react to green light for new Ōmokoroa town centre

Jace Investments Limited has been granted consent to establish a town centre in Ōmokoroa.

'Scared for my life': Witness in double murder trial says gun was turned on him

A Crown witness has described what happened when the man he worked for was fatally shot.

Getting people out of cars and onto buses just the ticket for Tauranga

The head of the Bay of Plenty council's public transport committee takes a bus ride.

Local builder wins marathon two years in a row

Michael Voss, 24, won the 57th Rotorua Marathon - 5 minutes a head of second place.

'You're judged all the time': Mongrel Mob member graduates

Mongrel Mob member never thought he would walk across a graduation stage, but he did.

Letters to the editor: Judith Collins needs to keep speaking out

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Exclusive: Man charged in plot to import cocaine from Mexico worked at Tauranga port

A stevedore was among eight people arrested after an eight-month covert investigation.

Desperate measures: Would you pay $30,000 upfront to get a rental?

The housing crisis is now 'eating into middle-class NZ' and is causing trauma.

Bay Link 60 per cent completed: Bayfair flyover begins

The first visible signs of the Bayfair flyover and underpass were installed this week.

Police seek witnesses to aggravated robbery

The robbery happened at a property in Maungatapu on Wednesday.