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Who are the Western Bay of Plenty byelection candidates, and what are their plans

Ten candidates but one constant theme - rates, and what should be done about them.

Cup champ Peter Burling home to see sailors who helped shape him

Hometown hero back in Tauranga to mark yachting club's 100 years of sailing.

Easter sport: Speedway season ends with a bang; world ODI record set at Bay Oval

Forget Easter egg hunts, the Bay turned it on for all the sport nuts this weekend.

Local Focus: Popular Waterline educator retires after 16 years

Adrienne Rickey looks back at teaching 39,000 children. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Easter road toll: Tauranga woman dies in crash near Taupō

Two people dead, several others injured in the western Bay of Plenty and Lakes areas.

Tourism NZ forecasts $1b boost if transtasman bubble opens

Aussies are already making plans to visit in the lead-up to Tuesday's travel announcement.

Smooth sailing: Yacht club of Olympians - including Cup hero Burling - marks 100 years

All hands on deck for Tauranga Yacht & Power Boat Club centennial this weekend.

'Phenomenal result': 50 per cent of Tauranga's new luxury apartments sell off plans

Twelve of the 24 luxury Luxridge Apartments planned for 1-3 Selwyn St have now been sold.

Your long weekend guide: Bumper line-up of Easter events in Tauranga

Thousands of visitors expected to descend on Tauranga this Easter weekend.

'This is so predictable. Rates up, bureaucracy up, and still no results'

But the spend-up has been justified as helping deliver city's biggest shake-up in history.

Letters to the editor: 'No' to fluoride and 'yes' to education

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Commissioners call to rid plan of 'council speak'

"It's all hands to the pump here and ... that message is not being told."

Claim infrared sauna kills tumours slammed

Experts slam unproven claim offering what they consider to be 'false hope'.

Can you cut your toenails? The answer is a clue to how you're ageing

A new DHB app helps people spot signs of ageing and gives tips on how to reverse them

'Hallelujah': City commissioners get glowing review from business community

A 'hallelujah' moment is how a lawyer described the commissioner's first public event

Council and trust to split ownership of waterfront land

Tauranga City Council and Ōtamataha Trust jointly own reclaimed land on Dive Crescent.