It's been a whirlwind week for Lotto's latest multi-millionaire. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Five Tongan men died in Katikati last year. The pain for their families is still raw.

Showdown between Tauranga and Sydney sidewalks looms.

Tradies say subdivision's curving path a bit of a joke but not everyone is laughing.

Median rent in Tauranga drops to $460 after four years of increases.

Local charities in the Bay of Plenty received support. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local charities in the Bay of Plenty received support. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Tauranga charities are $300,000 richer thanks to generosity of $10.3m Lotto winner.

A wonky footpath in the Bay of Plenty has become a laughing stock of tradies working near.

Tauranga's $10m Powerball winner Lou Te Keeti sat down for a flat white with Gareth Morgan

Bay politicians were quick off the mark to erect their election billboards.

NZ's 5th largest city still without a museum. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

NZ's 5th largest city still without a museum. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Tauranga is host of a silent film festival. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Tauranga is host of a silent film festival. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Village offering transitional housing for the homeless has stirred neighbours' opposition.

The difference in pay for rich and poor will feature at a pre-election meeting.

Council takes next step towards getting world-class Waikato University research institute.

Chapman College - soon to be a Bethlehem College wing - will likely be on a new site.

A mood of goodwill could signal changes are afoot for funding a critical Tauranga road.

Police Minister Paula Bennett visited Tauranga this week.

Skies to be lit up over Welcome Bay in pre-Guy Fawkes night pyrotechnics display.

A Tauranga priest has filed a defamation claim in the High Court.

Northlanders are set to be battered by gale force westerly winds today.

A lucky punter from Tauranga has won a whopping $10.3 million in tonight's Lotto draw.

Talented teen's liberty turtle tops high-school section of international art contest.

What happens when a boy meets his new dog? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

What happens when a boy meets his new dog? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Two more subdivisions are proposed for Greerton and Papamoa involving 403 homes.

14-week-old boy's killer accepted he caused fatal injuries but denied he meant to kill.