Latest from Tauranga

Are election hoardings becoming redundant?

Comment: I've never been tempted to vote based on anything seen on an election billboard.

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?

Jo Raphael: Political nastiness is distracting us from real issues

COMMENT: Politicians need to shrug off the scandals and get down to real business.

Jo Raphael: Local operators putting on a brave face

COMMENT: Local tourism operators are putting on a brave face

Kristin Macfarlane: The best version of yourself isn't drenched by mental pressure

Hundreds of people seek medical help every week for work-related stress.

Lucky shot: Tauranga photographer captures Comet Neowise

But if you want to see it with the naked eye, you are out of luck.

Big wins for Bay Lotto players

The tickets were bought online.

About 230 jobs to be created in Ōpōtiki after Tauranga investment in mussel farm

The processing factory was hoped to be up and running by early 2021.

Weather: 24 hours of heavy rain to batter Bay of Plenty

Downpours were already scheduled to hit the Upper North Island today.

Top Kiwi bands in One Love Festival line-up

There will be a clear Kiwi flavour at next year's One Love.

Four hurt in two separate Bay of Plenty crashes

Both crashes ended up in ditches.

Kiri Gillespie: The time for kindness is over

The time for kindness is over.

Three waters reform: Councils hesitant about $761 million funding pool

Only councils who opt into the three waters reform programme can access the funding.

Soon-to-be dad catches fire in freak accident

What was meant to be an evening of smoking fresh fish went horribly wrong.

Bay buses are running for free, who knew?

Fares will return in Rotorua and regionally on July 20 and in Tauranga on July 27.