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Watch: One year after the eruption - Whakaari commemorations

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the fatal eruption.

'Cut up like a wild animal': Attack leaves teen needing 300-plus stitches

A Tauranga teenager lost three litres of blood and needed more than 300 stitches.

Eye fillet steak stolen, store damaged as butcher targeted again

Doug Jarvis Butchers has been targeted by thieves twice in the last three months.

Why ketamine is being trialled as an antidepressant in the Bay

The new drug trial is looking for participants.

Samantha Motion: Minister's move to sack council a bold one

Opinion: Can a commission stop Tauranga going round in circles?

'Democracy has gone': Councillors hit back at minister's intention to replace them

The minister wants to appoint a commission to run the city.

Top cop says deaths of Bay of Plenty children will not be the last

The Bay of Plenty continues to grapple with a serious child abuse problem.

Local Focus: Emergency services food run a success

Drive-by donations a hit with the community. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Northport to help get Christmas on Auckland shelves

Northport put its hand up for a big Christmas challenge.

Coromandel drivers fed up with costly windscreen incidents

One motorist had three windscreen cracks in a single journey.

'Draconian': Simon Bridges urges minister not to intervene in council

Tauranga MP says mayor's resignation removed 'significant source of friction'.

Children with fetal alcohol syndrome facing two-year wait for an assessment

Long waiting list fuelled by poor policies, toxic drinking culture, under-resourced staff.

Wellington mayor seen to have declared war on his own council

ANALYSIS: Andy Foster has lost the confidence of many of his councillors.

Bay's tragic weekend: Two deaths and woman critically hurt

Police are not saying how a woman in Kawerau is believed to have been critically injured.

Critically injured woman flown to Tauranga Hospital

The woman, believed to be in her 20s, is in a critical condition.

Tauranga mayor 'more sad than anything else' over resignation

Tenby Powell says council conflict is "like walking through a swamp with a heavy pack".

Local Focus: Second-hand 'Bike Drive' a huge success

Wheelie good initiative gives kids bikes for Christmas. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Beach death: 10 people try for 35 minutes to revive man

A man in his 70s died at Waihi Beach despite efforts to resuscitate him.