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She paid Coast Homes $267K. Then a property dispute ensued

This month, Coast Homes was put into liquidation owing a significant amount of money.

Local Focus: DJ running for council

Te Kani wants to connect council to Māori communities. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Special Feature: BOP rugby's men in black

With the Rugby World Cup under way we look at the history of Bay of Plenty's All Blacks.

Dawn Picken: Well-behaved pets no threat to rental properties

Landlords might consider pets home-wreckers, but for many of us, pets are family.

'I've lost my other half': Six months without Kristie Purton

The mother-of-three died on March 21.

'I used to always be an a***hole': Meth gangster's new family life

From cooking meth, through prison, to mentoring young people at risk.

Volcanix hungry for first win

The Bay of Plenty Volcanix take on Waikato in the fourth round of the Farah Palmer Cup

Vape on a plane sparks emergency airport response

Vaping device was activated during flight, Air NZ confirms.

Why a Tauranga man bought a $4.49m superyacht

For $4.49m you could buy a mansion in the Mount - or this superyacht.

Inside Tauranga Hospital's Special Care Baby Unit

The Special Care Baby Unit looked after over 1000 young ones in the last three years.

No car? No problem: Free buses for World Car Free Day

World Car Free Day is coming this Sunday

Motorcyclist flown off Motiti Island after hitting cow

An injured motorcyclist has been airlifted off a Bay of Plenty Island after hitting a cow.

Revealed: How much taxpayers have paid to house homeless

More than $1million has been spent in Tauranga putting homeless people into motels.

Cutting through the smoke: How safe is vaping?

Is vaping the answer to getting smokers to put the cigarettes down?

Toddlers come away from crash without a scratch

A Rotorua mum believes rear-facing child car seats helped in crash.

Revealed: Tauranga's best and worst suburbs for rental return

How much would you pay for a rental in Tauranga's cheapest suburbs?