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Local Focus: Otumoetai College Principal admits to shedding a tear

Principal Russell Gordon discusses his recent transition. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local Focus: Guess who's back, back again

John Robson has won the local council by-election. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local Focus: Merivale School Principal aims to be a positive influence

Tom Paekau discusses his new role. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local Focus: On a mission to support smokers quitting

Quit coach "eats, sleeps, walks and talks smoking". Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local Focus: Aquinas College Principal speaks out

Matt Dalton discusses the challenges of his new role. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Te Puke family's lightning strike close call

Father-of-two Matt Petuha talks about the moment a lightning strike felled a tall tree that came crashing down around his family's home.

Local Focus: Gang prospect exchanges patch for fish

Youth gives up a life of crime when he learns to fish. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Opinion: Feijoas ... is there a right and wrong way to eat them?

Bay of Plenty Times reporters discuss which is the best way to eat the green fruit.

Pensioners flash mob Mount Maunganui shoppers

About 30 residents from Bob Owens' Retirement Village descended on Bayfair Shopping Centre's lunch crowd in Mount Maunganui yesterday. <note>friday</note>

Ministers outline plans to address Tauranga's biggest issues

Cabinet minister Phil Twyford, who holds the housing and transport portfolios, and Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter broadly outlined the Government's plans to address the city's biggest issues in an interview with the Bay of Plenty Times.

Police divers search Omanawa Falls for missing swimmer

An Indian man went missing at Omanawa Falls yesterday and has not been seen since. Today New Zealand Police divers arrived to try and find him.

Gemma McCaw backs Harold the Giraffe

Beer and wine yoga

Yoga teachers Natalie Robinson and Victoria Fraser explain the idea behind combining yoga with wine or beer ahead of a session inviting people to join in this weekend.

Vandalised bowling club to be demolished

Greerton Village School operating on major deficit

Erika Harvey, whose autistic daughter Piper attends Greerton Village School, has written a letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and launched a petition

Ben O'Dea gifted car to replce stolen Terrano

Tauranga's Ben O'Dea was busy bringing home bronze at the Commonwealth Games with his brother Sam, while fans back home were rallying to replace his stolen Terrano.

Nurses protest in Tauranga

About a hundred nurses protested poor pay and staff shortages in Tauranga.

Battle of Gate Pa exhibition to be sold

Battle of Gate Pa Trust chairman Terry Molloy on why the boards and audiovisual equipment used to stage the commemorative exhibition in 2014 will be sold.