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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.

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

Which party is best-placed to lead NZ out of recession? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'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.