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Cat out the bag? Try in the bag for walk up Mauao
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'We all knew he was gone': Motel worker tells of roadside tragedy
Woman has told of how a group of strangers came together to try to save the life of a man.
Matt Cowley's new role
Matt Cowley is looking forward to starting his new role on June 4.
Tauranga boy takes away perfect score in global test
Only a very small number of the top students managed to lock down the perfect score.
Winter isn't coming New Zealand - it's here, and it's cold, brace yourselves
Temperatures dipped below zero overnight as snow blanketed parts of New Zealand.
Council offers staff trip to see Tony Robbins in Sydney
The council says the trip to see the self-help guru was for professional development.
School principals warn new wave of inequality looms
Govt plans to scrap school donations in some schools mean huge inequities - principals.
Mum sells five-bedroom home to live in tiny house
But trying to fit in with council regulations has been frustrating, woman says.
Call of Duty: How David Cowie is helping the world
Tauranga man has changed the lives of thousands but few have heard of his endeavours.
Let's not get drinks – meet the Kiwis choosing to live sober
Meet your neighbours who choose to live sober.
Thunderstorms, lightning, driving warnings. What's next?
No matter where you were in NZ last night, you would have experienced thunderstorms.
Hīkoi for Homeless solved the crisis or created a new one?
Leaders reflect one year on: "There is still so much to be done."
Person critical after crash in Bay of Plenty, SH1 blocked in Porirua
The person was taken to Tauranga Hospital by helicopter.
Couple and baby spend night in trapped car down bank
Police weren't alerted until this morning, after the dad climbed up to the roadside.
Local Focus: Aroha's long and frustrating journey to re-divert the Kaituna Cut
Maketū Action Group's last member talks to Local Focus. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Aroha's long and frustrating journey of the Kaituna Cut
The powerful story behind the three decade fight to restore the Maketū estuary, as told by the last surviving member of the Maketū Action Group. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'I feel lucky': Tauranga councillor Rick Curach crashes e-scooter
'It could have been a whole lot worse'.
Tauranga lawyer Craig Tuck in Julian Assange's legal team
The Tauranga lawyer was with Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London late last year.
Flooding down south begins turbulent week of weather
Long-range forecast is for stormy, windy weather across most of the country.
Mental health issues' massive impact on criminal justice system
Wishlist for the Government's budget spend in the crime and justice sector
Bryan Gould: A transtasman parting of ways could be on the cards
The relationship with New Zealand matters less to Australia than it did.
Grieving woman shares drink driving heartbreak
'Not a day goes by that I don't think about my brother.'
Unhealthy homes: Mould, leaks, disease making people dangerously sick
Since Healthy Homes began in Rotorua in 2014 it has responded to more than 830 referrals.
Fateful decision: The defining moment in the Bella Vista disaster
The Times has reviewed 3 separate reports and historical emails and obtained new details.
A day in the life of a Taumata School teacher
The Bay of Plenty Times met Tauranga teacher Dan Priest to get the feel of a typical day.
Game of Thrones author hints at trip to Rotorua next year
The author will be returning to New Zealand year for Worldcon.
Exclusive: 'I held my mother's hand as her life ebbed away'
"Her injuries were too great to survive. It was not the death I envisaged for her, ever."
Rotorua surgeon convicted of careless driving causing death
Award-winning community devotee Francisca Hawkes-Buchanan was hit on September 25, 2018.
Local Focus: Locals dig deep to landscape new war memorial
Landscaping funds topped up by neighbouring business. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Locals dig deep to landscape new war memorial
Landscaping funds topped up by neighbouring business. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Equestrian, partner face sex charges against young girls
EXCLUSIVE: Sex charges laid after Cambridge woman allegedly groomed girls for partner.