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Local Focus: Meet the commissioners - Bill Wasley's 'commitment to implementation'

Former council chief and planner is a city commissioner. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

City in 'crisis': Commissioners warned of 5000-house deficit in next decade

"We are behind, there are no two ways about it."

$40 million processing plant for Rotorua and jobs available now

There are jobs going at sawmills across the Bay including Rotorua and Te Puke now.

The Brains Trust: 'I think everyone could see my mum had dementia except me'

Episode 4: Rita Marx, 87, suffers from dementia, which is increasing among Māori.

CYFS should have checked Baby Royal within 24 hrs - weeks later, he was dead

CYFS report says social workers should have seen 'vulnerable' baby within 24 to 48 hours.

Principal's home burgled while she helped students evacuate

'That's the terrible thing - in a time like that, that people would be so cruel.'

Motorbike crash at Pukehina closes part of State Highway 2

Motorists are asked to avoid the area until the road is clear.

'This is for real': How Ōpōtiki mayor helped evacuate a whole district in 45 minutes

It's rare a whole town has to be evacuated. So how did Ōpōtiki do it so successfully?

Good food, good luck and no cigarettes: Helen Clark's father George, on turning 99

George Clark says one of his highlights is having four "wonderful" daughters.

More schools join free lunch programme

Education Minister made an announcement but couldn't avoid Covid-19 spotlight.

Earthquake advice: Evacuated residents told they can go home

Warning now lifted following a magnitude 7.1 quake off East Cape.

Hipkins in Tauranga: More schools join free lunch programme

Hipkins was at Welcome Bay School.

Jo Raphael: Aucklanders who escape lockdown are putting us at risk

OPINION: We all have a right to feel angry.

Local Focus: Cousins world premiere held in Rotorua

The movie of three wahine Māori premiered in Rotorua. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Tauranga first to fall in property market?

CoreLogic House Price Index for February suggests a housing slowdown could be on its way.

Former Tauranga mayor's plea to commissioners: Merge councils to pay for infrastructure

But the call has met resistance from regional leaders who say it's 'premature'.

Lockdown forces Bay Oval to miss out on record cricket crowd

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the match at Bay Oval on Sunday has been moved.

Covid 19: Bay of Plenty business leaders and owners reeling

Hospitality and tourism businesses will be hardest hit by the change to alert level 2.