Santa’s little helpers: Meet the Bay of Plenty workers rostered on for Christmas Day
For some people Christmas Day is still a working day, but one with a difference.
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'Alarm bells': Legal action threatened over slope hazard maps
The council says the updated maps are valid and more accurate.
Pāpāmoa water: Top health official says no cases linked to drinking supply
Water is deemed safe but some locals have linked it to them getting sick.
Weekend and Christmas Day weather for region
North Island will be under a moist and humid northerly air flow.
Baypark holiday meeting features international midget drivers and crowd-pleasing super stocks
Super stock title is a tribute to "old" Baypark racer Hokey Ashby .
Becoming a ‘grown-up city’: Your guide to Tauranga CBD's $1.5b transformation
'People will walk around thinking this is great. They will be proud of this.'
Port of Tauranga makes generous foodbank donation
"We want to do whatever we can to help".
'People go nuts for them': Berry growers ready for a busy summer season
'It’s looking like it’s going to be a great summer.'
Christmas message from Western Bay of Plenty Mayor
James Denyer says now is the time to rest and re-invigorate with family and friends.
'We’re bummed': Local shows impacted by Sublime with Rome postponements
The band is set to part ways next year.
Watch: Aerial footage reveals scale of multimillion-dollar mansion fire
$3.7m home wrecked on Saturday by a blaze that drew more than 40 firefighters.
A Christmas message from Maketū Community Board
Ongoing projects will hopefully be completed early in 2024.
Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade report for early December
Firefighters spent most of the night at one call out early in the month.
Scrub fire in sand dunes at Mount Maunganui
Emergency services were called around 11.40am.
'A culture of giving': Tech business makes big donation to foodbank
Business owner says donations positively impact staff and create “culture of giving".
Christmas Appeal: Community garden helps stock foodbank
About 24 banana boxes a week of fresh produce are donated to the foodbank.
Bay of Plenty roadworks: A summer holiday guide
Contractors will pause work from midday tomorrow through to 8am on January 8.
Tai chi offers low-impact exercise
Benefits nclude improved flexibility, balance, co-ordination and strengthening.
‘Tummy issues’ as up to 20,000 taste 'dirt' in water from new $197m plant
Council says the water is 'safe to drink' and there's no public health issue.
He's willing to pay $30k for cancer treatment - but he has to go to Aussie for it
'It’s the best option ... I didn’t want to have to wear a nappy for the rest of my life.'
A Christmas message from Rotorua-Te Puke MP Todd McClay
MP thanks firefighters and teachers.
Photo from 1976 shows Pongakawa’s tobacco settlement
The settlement's school was built in 1933.
Seventeen years of Santa at Nancy and Peter Crossan’s Maketū property
The idea was first borrowed from a house in Reporoa.
Kindy kids singin' in new raincoats
The raincoats were donated by Pāpāmoa Rotary Club.
'Families feel so much pressure to buy': How to do Christmas on a budget
With finances tight, many families may need to approach festivities differently.
One injured after car rolls in Tauranga crash
Emergency services are at the scene.
Zespri flags major lost opportunity for SunGold kiwifruit
Loosening Northern Hemisphere SunGold growing limit on the agenda.
Coromandel communities party in the streets as vital highway link reopens for Xmas
The news brings a welcome economic boost to the beleaguered Coromandel Peninsula.
‘Good as an airport runway’: 48 patches later, there's hope a pothole plague is over
It’s taken three years, seven complaints, 48 patch-up jobs and an apology to happen.
'Final journey to heaven': Couple killed in tragic crash
Their daughter has shared a tribute on social media.
Mini golf owner ‘couldn’t be happier’ after Memorial Park decision
He believes 'overwhelming' community support for the business must have helped.