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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.

MPI warning customers of email scam

Netsafe offers ways of dealing with email scams.

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.

Shane Jones says sorry: I wasn't attacking individual farmers

Forestry Minister Shane Jones says sorry to farmers for referring to them as 'moaners'.

Government announces $2.2 million investment to combat unemployment in the Bay

The funding came as a result of economic growth in the region.

Watch: Tyre shop owner confronts group after tracking down stolen mags

The video already has more than 130,000 views, just seven hours after it was uploaded.

Family of crash victim issues kind message to driver

One month ago Oceana Cameron was told she would never walk again after a crash.

Measles outbreak officially over in Canterbury

"The only way we can stop measles from returning is to increase immunity in our community"

Viewpoint NZ: Measles vs vaccinations, Rotorua is trenz-ing and a new railway crossing in Oamaru

Video news from around the regions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Ports of Tauranga ho-hum about buying Ports of Auckland

Focus is on a Government study, however, not Tamihere's sell-off plans.

Local Focus: Tauranga Mayor Greg Brownless hits back at challengers

He wants the top job again. Made with funding from NZ On Air.