Latest from Tauranga

New Māori nurses enter Bay of Plenty workforce

The programme was designed to foster Māori students into health career pathways.

Scorcher! 30C temperatures to settle in the Bay this long weekend

Get the sunscreen ready!

'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

Tauranga Rowing unstoppable at Blue Lake

The club secured an impressive three-peat at the weekend.

Luuka Jones - in a good place after tough 2019 season

And the triple Olympian looks set for her fourth Olympic games this year.

Cricket: Mt Maunganui secure three-peat

They finished the Twenty20 championship unbeaten.

Shark spotted in the shallows at Pāpāmoa beach

The shark was about 1.5 metres long!

Bay of Plenty Lotto player snags more than $40k

Could it be yours?

Stan Walker to headline Kids' Day Out in Tauranga

The event, in its fourth year, is basically a big kids' party for the community.

Carmen Hall: Government needs to address housing affordability

COMMENT: We were lucky to buy our home but others haven't been.

World champion and now a Halberg finalist

Lisa Adams' rise in the world of shot put has been impressive and it just got better.

Bryan Gould: Explanation for bush fires not hard to find

Insatiable demand for consumption is upsetting the natural balance on which life depends.

Kiwi cricket fan's two-year ban for racially abusing English star

The fan who racially abused an English cricket has been hit with a ban.

Tauranga bowlers are the Bay's champs - twice over

And they've qualified for the national sevens final in Auckland.

Samantha Motion: Reparation delays add insult to injury

Comment: Ensuring reparation system doesn't re-victimise people is the least we can do.

Cricket: Two sides unbeaten in Baywide T20

Rounds three and four were played in Rotorua on Saturday.