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Local Focus: Car club goes to the dogs

Animal shelter benefits from VW enthusiast car show. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'It's important to remember how fortunate we are': Sunshine and freedom at the America's Cup village

Sport in the sunshine draws crowds as Prada Cup finals get underway.

'Meth easier to buy than milk' - Emails to NZ's top cop led to downfall of Mob boss

Tired of the gang running the town, a constable wrote directly to the Police Commissioner.

'It just came at me': Great white shark bites fisherman's kayak

"It looked at me, I looked at it and I thought 'oh s***'."

Samantha Motion: The superhuman strength of sick kids and their families

OPINION: No amount of sympathy can put us in their shoes.

'A gift from God': How one organisation is saving lives

Big-hearted programme gives addicted, homeless and mentally unwell people a second chance.

Shark study sought: 'Things have changed now' says expert

Shark expert Riley Elliott wants to uncover what happens under the water near Bowentown.

16 years on: Tsunami alert sirens still two years away

Tsunami alert sirens have been debated in Tauranga since 2005.

Mongrel Mob Kawerau president, his son and another man jailed

Mongrel Mob Kawerau members and their associate have been jailed on drug dealing charges.

Dawn Picken: Inequity hurts everyone - it's time to fix the whare

Opinion: We are still living in the house colonialism built and it's time to fix it.

'Shocked and saddened': Massive fire devastates primary school

Eight classrooms reportedly destroyed in a major fire at a Whakatane school.

Liz Davies: The tide is turning for better understanding of te ao Māori

OPINION: There has been an increasing understanding of te ao Māori.

Meet Archie, the Pāpāmoa 3-year-old in hospice care at home

'There's nothing you can really do to stop what is going to happen.'

The big one! Teen fisherman reels in great white shark

The shark was caught in the same area a woman was killed by a shark last month.

Local Focus: Battle of the BBQs judges looking for 'good clean bite'

Low and slow barbecue comp brings 20 teams to Tauranga. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Fatal boat crash: Mum 'robbed' of chance to say goodbye

Mum calls for change in maritime laws to crack down on drunk skippers.

'Six big booms': Classic cars among damage in Paradise Valley blaze

The fire spread through the building and then into neighbouring shrub.

Don't forget your roots: Rotorua Girls' High School's new name

The school has also returned to its original house names.