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Festival brings people together for good vibes
Thousands enjoyed the Good Vibes Mount Maunganui Winter Festival this evening.

It's okay to feel glum during wintry months
COMMENT: I'm giving you permission to be a lazy sack

Kristin Macfarlane: 'The gut-wrenching feeling of violation is the same'
Comment: I remember walking into my bedroom and it ransacked.

943 millionaires: Lotto celebrates 33rd birthday with $30m Powerball jackpot
Have you got your ticket for tonight's draw?

Million-dollar property market: Tauranga agents report an 'appetite for spending'
Revealed: Where the top five Tauranga sales are so far in 2020.

'Nightmare': How a walk on a beach ended in horror and heartbreak
'This was a tragic outcome for all of us'.

81-year-old tells the story behind his major cannabis-growing operation
'I'm old and frail and I just wanted to have a bit of better quality of life.'

Man caught with 12kg of drugs strapped to his body at Port of Tauranga
Tauranga drug importer jailed for more than four years.

'We are up against the clock here': Rates struck but wait continues for Govt funding
Tauranga City Council applied for more than $1 billion in Govt infrastructure funding.

Snapped! More than $2.5m in speeding fines issued to Tauranga drivers
Have you been snapped speeding behind the wheel?

Rates: 37 per cent of Tauranga properties have rates reduced
Are you one of the properties?

Good Vibes Mount Maunganui: All you need to know
The sixth of the nine stops will be at the Mount Maunganui Soper Reserve.

'Stunned': Mayor hits out after minister blocks reserve plan
Minister apologises after media learns of her decision before the council.

Jo Raphael: Local operators putting on a brave face
COMMENT: Local tourism operators are putting on a brave face

Man who fatally shot senior mobster gets sentence reduced
A man who shot and killed a Tauranga gang enforcer has had his jail sentence reduced.

'Extremely disturbing': Billboard vandalism becomes personal for MP
Damage included blacking out her eyes and drawing Nazi symbols.

Tauranga widow's big birthday tribute to late husband
His birthday would have been next Tuesday on August 4.

Lucky shot: Tauranga photographer captures Comet Neowise
But if you want to see it with the naked eye, you are out of luck.

'Courage to do the right thing': Western Bay council praised in historic Panepane Point decision
This is a turning point ... It's a brave step in the right direction."

Elderly man's 'sophisticated' cannabis growing operation to buy wheelchair
Police found 364 cannabis plants at the man's Ōhauiti property.

Bella Vista trial: Evidence wraps, wait for verdict begins
'... his responsibilities ended when he left the site.'

Young voters yet to enrol with 40 days to go
The Electoral Commission is trying to encourage young voters to take part.

Woman's poetry book launches one year after her death
"This is just part of her legacy."

Tauranga dad's pink tutu not the only surprise in Red Cross skydive jump
Ten people were expected to jump, but 17 turned up.

Tauranga iwi's 'inoculation against unemployment'
Ngāi te Rangi has put $120,000 into the initiative and has support from multiple agencies.

Tauranga teenager wins TECT Youth Spirit Award
Tauranga teenager wins the TECT Community Youth Spirit Award.

Popular cheeses recalled over listeria fears - are these products in your fridge?
A range of cheese products has been recalled by the Ministry of Primary Industries.