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Jo Raphael: Good to see Govt working with Māori and Pasifika

OPINION: Give vulnerable communities the support they need to raise vaccination rates.

Rotorua 'deteriorating': Group confronts council over transitional housing

A group of Rotorua residents are fighting plans to create more housing for the homeless.

Heavy rain warning for Auckland, Northland and Waikato

MetService has issued multiple heavy-rain watches for the North Island.

One dead after milk tanker and car collide near Rotorua

Highway expected to remain closed between Oxford and Matahi roads for some time.

Vaccination rollout a 'game changer' for vulnerable Māori - PM

'[It's about] making sure everyone is carrying their own individual armour' - PM Ardern.

'Black Mirror stuff': Fighting social media misinformation amid the pandemic

Social media users and experts weigh in on how to sort fact from fiction online.

Lives 'torn apart' by boozed, wrong-way driver

Boozed, speeding driver was 'incredibly foolish and selfish', Judge says.

Drunk and drugged driver jailed for man's death

Dods was drunk-driving, on drugs and going the wrong way on the Tauranga Eastern Link.

They help you at rock bottom, but who helps them?

Their fulltime job is to help everyone at rock bottom, but how is their mental health?

Rena: A decade after disaster

A decade after the disaster we revisit it to find out what has been learned.

Kiri Gillespie: Rena response could have and should have been better

OPINION: It seemed it was only thanks to thousands of volunteers the beaches were saved.

'The whole thing just stinks': Landlords selling up as tax rules bite

Doorway has opened for corporate rental identities 'who only care about the money'.

Canal tragedy: Coroner rules on cause of truck driver's death

John Paul's truck left the road, crashed through a fence, across a paddock and into water.

Local Focus: Meet the king of the sandcastle

Pāpāmoa sand sculptor shares his secrets to creating next-level sandcastles.

Tauranga wastewater results come back negative

Covid-19 was not detected in wastewater from Tauranga and Mount Maunganui.

Ex-cop prosecuted over botched castration of bulls in car park

The former cop is one of two men to be charged over the castrations.