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Claire Trevett: What's eating Simon Bridges?

OPINION: There is method to Bridges' madness, but his colleagues may not agree.

'Utterly offensive': Seymour taken to task on apartheid comparison

Act's David Seymour compared the new Māori ward legislation to apartheid in South Africa.

Green light for new ratepayers group: 'So we can have a voice'

The Lakes residents will now have a unified voice.

Bargain hunting: Tauranga Rotary Book Sale offers 'huge variety'

The annual Rotary Tauranga book sale is on from March 5-7.

'Easy money': Unlocked cars targeted as property thefts surge

Police say there has been an upswing in property theft from cars in the past six months.

Shuffle-up set for Pāpāmoa to Mount Maunganui enrolment zone

School zoning is set to change in the Pāpāmoa and Mount Maunganui area.

'We didn't want to rush': Papamoa Surf Club just months from completion

It is hoped the club would be fully complete and operational by mid-March.

Locals want 'frustrating' visitors to closed Ōmanawa Falls trespassed

Dozens of people are continuing to enter Omanawa Falls park despite the danger.

Letters: Why not wind up TECT and pay everyone out?

A reader says a payout would give 49,000 people enough to install solar.

Motorcycle tragedy: 'I saw the rider flying through the air'

A local resident helped administer first aid to the injured motorcyclist in Arataki.

Tauranga reaches record $854k median house price. Million dollar suburbs could be next

REINZ: The Bay's median house price was now $769,000.

'We're not here to rubber-stamp': Commissioner lays down law

Long Term Plan decision is made by city council

Historic council meeting, without any councillors, honours Christchurch victims

The unusual meeting will reaffirm there's a new team in town.

Why the flu might never return to full strength

A general practitioner says the grip influenza once had on the country may never return.

It's a sell out! No tickets left for double header at Bay Oval

Black Caps and White Ferns to face Australia and England in front of a sold out crowd.

Two Bay of Plenty Lotto players in the money

Second division was split between 21 people.