Latest from Tauranga

Missing 12-year-old Mount Maunganui girl found safe

The girl was found safe and well this morning.

Hey big spender: Rising prices of fruit and veg explained

This comes as kiwifruit doubled in price last December.

Sheree Trotter: Visiting Auschwitz profound and disturbing

Comment: Visiting Auschwitz all the more disturbing for the resurgence of antisemitism.

Thousands flocked to annual Tauranga City Air Show

The Tauranga City Air and Mount Truck show a rounding success.

Local Focus: False alarm result of 'legacy system'

Confusion about sirens for future tsunami alarms. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local Focus: False alarm result of 'legacy system'

Confusion about sirens for future tsunami alarms. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'Off we run': Family flee from Waihi campsite after unexplained siren

It was only later they found out the alarm was, in fact, a false alarm

Watch: Tsunami false alarm - 'we don't know why sirens were activated'

FENZ had put 'patch' fixes in place until they figure out how to fix it long term.

Road works and delays around Waihi this week

People are advised to plan ahead.

Bay of Plenty Lotto player snags more than $40k

Could it be yours?

Samantha Motion: Hotels and a tale of two towns

Comment: Does Tauranga need to catch up to Rotorua?

Emotional win for Rogers at Sprint Grand Prix

There were thrills and spills at Baypark Speedway on Saturday night.

Kiri Gillespie: Don't tell me not to eat meat

All of this environmental white noise and societal finger-wagging is tiresome.

Busiest season yet? Bay's tourism sector weighs in

Some retailers are seeing an increase as high as 30 per cent.

Local Focus: Chess royalty checks into Tauranga

Grandmasters from around the world descend on Tauranga. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Puppy love: Rescue, Revive, Rehome's adoption day 'crazy' busy

Pyes Pa Settlers Hall was awash with animals and people keen to adopt them.

Tauranga CBD Milo Nights attendance quadrupled

Tauranga 'Milo Nights' homelessness response goes from strength to strength.

Man dies while climbing at Mount Maunganui

The man's death will be referred to the coroner.