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Jo Raphael: We need Aucklanders

COMMENT: Aucklanders need to spend their money in the regions - not just Auckland.

Weather: Heavy rain on the way for Bay of Plenty

A front moving over central North Island is bringing periods of heavy rain with it.

Hundreds of teachers' jobs at risk as foreign students dwindle

Banning foreign students may cost hundreds of teachers' jobs.

Hapū leaders divided over Ōmokoroa to Tauranga cycleway

Progress on resolving an issue with a cycleway has prompted divided opinions.

Man trapped by tractor remains in serious condition

A person has been injured after a tractor rolled at a rural property in Aongatete.

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.

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.

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.