A Tauranga psychologist is team up with the son of a Hollywood star to "start a conversation" about the effects of childhood trauma on mental health.

SHEER GRUNT: Jodie Verhulst, right, battles fellow Tauranga driver Cole Armstrong at Baypark over the weekend. PHOTO / SIMON CHAPMAN

RATES BUMP: City-wide rates for Tauranga are proposed to lift by 3.8 per cent this year. PHOTO/FILE A_140515gn38bop.JPG By John Cousins Tauranga

Brent Bourgeois and Nathan Pettigrew arrived in Mt Maunganui tonight after paddling and kayaking from Auckland.

A young Tauranga couple are building their dream home for no more than $40,000.

A $5 million dollar proposal to build a state-of-the-art tourist information centre has been approved by Tauranga City Council, but in a digital age could there have been a different way of supporting tourists. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A $5 million dollar proposal to build a state-of-the-art tourist information centre has been approved by Tauranga City Council, but in a digital age could there have been a different way of supporting tourists. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The last-surviving member of the trio of women who created the Tino Rangatiratanga flag speaks out about that important time in New Zealand's history. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The last-surviving member of the trio of women who created the Tino Rangatiratanga flag speaks about that important time in New Zealand's history. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

UNINHABITABLE HOUSE: Rusty Kane and the council-owned house that has sat empty for about 18 months behind Brookfield retirement village

A mockup of what The Mall (Pilot Bay) would look like - one-way for motorists with a separated cycleway. Photo/supplied Pilot_bay_mockup_correct_di Adams

By Ruth Keber HARD TIMES: Paul Hilliam remembers the Christchurch earthquakes six years after the devastated the South Island city

A Tauranga school principal says substandard housing in the city is making children sick - with 11 of her pupils hospitalised within

A Tauranga man caught importing ecstasy powder and tablets, who claimed he got the idea from watching a television programme, has

A Tauranga man has snared one of the biggest awards in the visual effects industry for his work on Game of Thrones. Caleb Thompson

Double-murderer Jason Reihana was treated at Waikato Hospital earlier this month next to patients unaware they were sharing a ward with him.

Workplace safety legislation that came into effect last year has influenced two award-winning local companies in a range of ways

The Pukehina man who fell asleep while driving and bowled a mother and her two young children as she pushed a pram has faced his penalty

HOMELESS: (from left) Daniela Setters, Jared Castle and Ed Castle were grieving over two deaths when told to move out of their home

WHAT ARE WE DOING? Tauranga Homelessness Steering Group presented findings and plans to city councillors on how to tackle the wicked

A 50kg rottweiler has taken on the role of father and protector of three abandoned kittens.

House sales and the median value of homes sold in Tauranga dropped in January.

PARKING OPPORTUNITY: The former Tauranga Electric Power Board building that could be demolished and redeveloped to help overcome a

By Scott K MacLeod Exposure to a gas being used on an industrial scale at Port of Tauranga doubles the risk of contracting motor

Corey Fluerty's bike was stolen but he got it back yesterday.130217gn12bop.JPG By Scott K MacLeod and Kiri Gillespie Bikes are vanishing

A young man ran into a burning home to save an injured puppy as flames tore through the family cottage. The fire, which destroyed

Freedom camping is "out of control" at Mount Maunganui, with one beachfront overnight park-up spot crowded with 17 vehicles when only

120217gn08bop.JPG Checkout operator James Bowkett. New World Brookfield is the latest store to have a winning Lotto ticket sold at

Two serious house fires have broken out in the North Island.

A Tauranga man has sustained serious injuries after falling from his trail bike at a motocross event near Matata today.