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Have symptoms? Get tested: 'Low-level' Covid-19 detection in Tauranga wastewater

Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield made the announcement today.

Warning for water users after SH29 chemical spill

The incident happened at 6.15am.

Barber shop in Pāpāmoa there for the bros

Barber shop by day – men's mental health group by night.

'Not exactly a vote winner': Is it time to start taxing inheritances?

'Long story short we will have more old people than young people to collect tax from.'

Local Focus: Pāpāmoa becoming a surf skate mecca for women

"To see girls skateboarding – whatever they're skating – is just fantastic."

One in five Bay Māori now fully vaccinated

Māori vaccination rates in the Bay of Plenty are behind the national figure.

Man admits inciting hostility towards Māori in video

A Pāpāmoa Beach man has admitted posting a video online inciting racial disharmony

'A long rolling kind of experience': Bay Kiwis in Melbourne react to 5.9 earthquake

Kiwis from the Bay of Plenty say Melbourne's buildings rocked and rolled.

We'll be there: Customers eager to support bakery hit by Covid scare

Uppercrust Bakery was named a location of interest.

Three Aucklanders referred to health authorities after Tauranga trip

The Bay of Plenty DHB has been contacted for comment.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: The layers behind low Māori vaccination rates

OPINION: A message to our vulnerable families - We can't do this without you.

Claire Trevett: Coming soon - Simon Bridges 2: back in the hot seat

When your party falls to its worst result in 20 years, a coup is not "panic" - it is CPR.

Worth the risk? Experts predict Auckland's lockdown exit

Is it worth risking cases going back up if it means ending lockdown?

'Test immediately': Businesses outside Auckland linked to Covid case

A bakery in Mt Maunganui and a petrol station in Tauranga were visited by a Covid case.

Apanui Primary School fire: Arson charge laid

The fire destroyed the office block and eight attached classrooms in February.

'It was like an investment': Anaru Palmer shares his te reo Māori journey

Anaru Palmer says those keen to learn te reo Māori should "give it everything".

'Enough's enough': Aucklanders in lockdown eye Tauranga properties

REINZ: Tauranga has reached yet another record median house price of $970,000

'If you're that ballsy, then front up': Māori flag designer

Linda Munn was absolutely disgusted someone complained a Rotorua kuia was flying her flag.