Latest from Tauranga

Heavy rain, wind warnings: Holiday weekend set to get wet for many

A deepening low is set to dampen our long weekend spirits.

Local Focus: Tips and tricks for your new bins

Get the most out of Tauranga City Council's new bins. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Leah Tebbutt: Racist ideas ensured my strongest connection to my whakapapa is a man no longer here

OPINION: My Poppa is my identity to te ao Māori

'Disgraceful': SH2 road project u-turn slammed

MP 'furious' and community has 'immense anger' after highway funding axed.

An 'exceptional' business leader moves on

Profit is not a dirty word, says this champion of the mixed ownership business model.

National 'dodged a very big bullet' with Jake Bezzant scandal, Collins believes

National Party selection processes need to be more robust, says leader.

Bestiality in New Zealand: Shocking extent of indecency with animals revealed

Shocking number of cases over the last decade.

Paedophile convicted, but police worried there may be more victims

Jared Lammas was sentenced to four years and five months in prison.

'Outrageous': Bank freezes pensioner's accounts, locked-out daughter fumes

'I am her biological daughter. There's no fraud.'

Local Focus: Cyclists invisible in truck blindzones

"Pretty eye-opening to be honest" for hidden cyclists. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Fatal crash driver was on P, boozed, driving wrong way on SH2

Driver admits manslaughter. Crash victim was heading home to his wife and kids after work.

Local Focus: Electron racing along Pāpāmoa's waterways

Much more affordable than entering the America's Cup. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Three people await fate over tyre-stockpiling case

Two people have been sentenced in relation to a tyre dumping prosecution case.

'Relief' for families after jury finds man guilty of murders

Ōmanawa double murder accused was found guilty in the Tauranga High Court on May 24.

Lifeguards cop abuse from beachgoers at Mount Maunganui

Sea swells had made the Mauao base track dangerous.

Guilty verdicts for double murder accused and partner

Crown and defence lawyers have given their closing addresses in double murder trial.