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Local Focus: Making new friends thanks to Alzheimer's Tauranga

Alzheimer's Tauranga is looking for new volunteers. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Religion instruction: How do Tauranga schools fare?

This comes as court date set for a case against religious instruction in schools.

Settled weather for Kiwi Christmas

Relax, it's going to be a nice Christmas Day.

Bay rugby's innovative ways to keep athletes

Providing opportunities for the region's rugby stars may keep them in the region longer.

Grandparents pay high price as meth rips apart families

Methamphetamine is being blamed for the skyrocketing numbers.

Psychologists cut holidays to manage White Island 'influx of referrals'

Dr Sally Davis said support would be needed for "some time". "This is just the beginning."

Revealed: WorkSafe data shows number of adventure tourism deaths since 2014

2019 has been a grim year for adventure activity-related deaths in New Zealand.

UK mother, daughter identified as White Island burns victims

Liz McGill, 67, and daughter Heather, 34, will be in NZ hospitals "for some time".

New Zealand's One Mile Championship is back

Country's elite will contest Mile titles for the first time since 1968-69 season.

Sydney teen to wake up to unimaginable horror after White Island tragedy

What started as a cruise to celebrate his dad's birthday ended in unspeakable nightmare.

Tauranga's $9m state house spend-up

New state houses: Where they are and why critics say they aren't coming fast enough.

White Island tour guide's family 'forever hopeful'

'It's in the hands of Tangaroa. We will leave it for him to decide.'

Chasing another title: Rotorua's Peri Marks new Te Puna coach

Te Puna's push for back-to-back Baywide Premier titles will be led by a new head coach.

White Island nine days on: Two still missing

Recovery efforts have increasingly been halted by poor weather.

SH30 reopens: 10 injured in head-on crash near Rotorua

Five people were initially trapped but four had been cut free.

White Island eruption: The dead, the missing and the injured

The dead, the missing and the injured after the Whakaari/White Island eruption.

'They kept calling their names': Emotions high as ship docks

Returning passengers said unnerving clues made them realise tourists wouldn't return.

Government still mulling White Island probe

Prime Minister has announced a $5m fund for businesses in Whakatāne and Westland.