Tauranga's new rates-funded rubbish service comes at a price
Rates will also go up a median 7 per cent next year to pay for the new recycling service.
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Tauranga teen dominates awards at Blue Light Camp
Bryan Murray proved to be an integral part of the camp and his team.
Expect delays during resurfacing of Hairini roundabout
The roundabout will be resurfaced over two nights.
'Dangerous' cycleway plans under review - five years later
A local iwi is prepared to go to court to fight the plans.
Dirt Bike Therapy gets teen back on track
Quintin White has come a long way since the start of the year.
Two years on: Work continues to make Welcome Bay corridor safer
A lot of effort went into opening the road but was it worth it?
Local Focus: Tauranga candidates talk tough on law and order?
Is it as simple as more in prison means safer streets? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Tauranga candidates talk tough on law and order?
Is it as simple as more in prison means safer streets? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Shark spotted in Mount Maunganui's Pilot Bay
The shark is believed to be about 3m long.
Council adopts rates funded waste collection system
The new service will initially cost $230 including GST for the first year.
'We can have a great summer': Bay reacts to alert level 1
It means people can be social again which benefits mental health, event organisers say.
David Beck: How I'm fighting anxiety one day at a time
Conquering mental health issues is a journey not a destination.
Kristin Macfarlane: Focus on mental health timely in 2020
COMMENT: Increasingly open conversations about wellbeing can only be a good thing.
Council seeks feedback on use of public spaces
The council wants to hear how people wish to use parks, reserves and storm water reserves.
'We're making history': New World Brookfield opens eatery
After five years in the making, NZ's first supermarket eatery is now open.
$300m retirement 'resort': What is it like to live in one of NZ's most luxurious villages?
Bethlehem Shores can't keep up with demand for its villas
Toilet cam: Mum horrified at cameras in second school's bathroom
School says the cameras are focused on the washbasins and not inside the cubicles.
Tommy Wilson: 'We have come a long way since our parents were punished for speaking te reo'
COMMENT: So where to from here with our Māori language?
Why Māori medium education is 'nothing short of extraordinary'
"We all have a responsibility to ... ensure our language continues, survives and thrives."
Celebrating success at business awards a 'beacon of confidence'
This year's Westpac Business Awards will be on November 13, 2020.
'Icing on the cake': Incredible photo leads to fourth big win
Tauranga photographer wins prestigious national photography award for the fourth time.
Research: Young people are the loneliest
Heart issues, anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicide have been linked to loneliness.
Jo Raphael: Now's not the time to relax
COMMENT: Covid is a nasty, tricky virus that we still don't know enough about.
'Frustrated': Councillor wants to ditch controversial bus lane
Heidi Hughes says she will force the issue if council staff don't act soon.
Retirement village 'bonanza': Thousands of jobs, hundreds of homes:
More retirement homes, apartments and villas are being built in Tauranga to meet demand.
Tania Ririnui: 'We watched our parents fight for our right to the reo'
COMMENT: I was one of Tauranga Moana's first tauira at the first official kōhanga reo.
Arohanoa Artistry - combining te reo, culture and business
The cultural influence of Arohanoa Mathews' work is obvious at first glance.
Zespri: Bay kiwifruit growers reap $1.55 billion in returns
Business leaders say kiwifruit returns will bolster Bay of Plenty economy and confidence.
NZ festivals aim to strengthen Māori culture by promoting te reo
Maori Language Week: One Love and Bay Dreams to further support promotion of te reo Māori.
'What on Earth was she saying?' Winston Peters slams minister's decision
Winston in Tauranga: 'I know more about Tauranga than the Minister for Conservation.'
Local Focus: Tauranga candidates defend their credibility
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'We said no': Advance NZ wanted to join NZ First, Winston Peters says
Peters said the reasons would be 'obvious to any sensible, sane, rational person'.
Bright solution! Futuristic idea pitched for shelter shortage
Tauranga may say goodbye to 'grey, depressing' bus shelters if idea finds traction.
Winston Peters promises $25 million marine research centre
Peters is a former long-serving MP for Tauranga.