‘Out of the doldrums’: Battered tourism operator looking forward to ‘crazy’ summer season
Labour weekend the start of “key” six-month visitor season.
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'Bedridden' to walking dogs: Zahnee raising funds for charity as she turns 18
She speaks about how surgery has changed her life and her plans for next year.
Sausage secrets: How butchers came up with banger sangers
"They sliced it open … [and saw] it had all these fresh ingredients"
Slump in container volumes dampens Port of Tauranga earnings outlook
Annual shareholders' meeting hears of rough seas in economic downturn.
North Island storm: Fresh flood threat, 130km/h gales for Akl north, 6m-high seas
The worst of the weather is set to strike Auckland on Sunday with gales and thunderstorms.
'Blood kept gushing out': Store owner king-hit and left concussed
'The concussion is the worst part. It feels like a drill bit running through my forehead.'
'Undoing a significant wrong': Roads returned to iwi used to build homes
Returning paper roads to marae is 'partially undoing a significant wrong'.
'Hellishly dangerous': Row erupts after two-inch longline hook snags beachgoer
Man, dog and boogie boarder get caught up by fishing line.
Local rugby greats watch over club
Five rugby greats portraits finished outside Katikati Rugby Football Club... four to go.
Extra $26.6m building consent issued for city council's new timber office
The eight-storey timber office building was also issued an $18.9m consent in July.
Treat trail taps movie characters
Face painting, food and donkey rides are all part of the treat trail.
'Nightmare': Bar owner says loss of 147 car parks 'worst thing' for CBD traders
Businesses 'fuming' as council closes popular parking to create green space.
Dog walk for charity
Zahnee Campbell has organised a Dog Walk at Mount Drury on Oct 29 in an effort to raise funds for the Guardian Angels Trust - the trust care for people who are terminally ill.
Project to bring colourful cows to Te Puke’s stock route finally finished
The project has yielded nine colourful beasts, plus a stockman astride his horse.
Warm welcome for Katikati RSE workers
Gifted knitters made 300 beanies for seasonal workers.
'It disappeared between the swells': Man ditches dinner to save men after boat flips
The two men were thrown into the cabin together and then flung upside down.
Sirens and Services day brings community together to talk safety
Day a chance to talk about safety in the neighbourhood.
Music and Mother's Day set the scene
Music was the starting point for a silent film creation.
Mayor encourages Pink Ribbon Appeal donations
Stalls will be out tomorrow and Saturday
Revealed: Plans for 130 new homes to help curb housing crisis
The plans prompt concerns their ‘ad hoc’ nature could undermine other urban developments.
'I knew it was a gun shot': Ōpōtiki Mayor speaks out on gang violence
He wants the new Government to deliver more police for his town.
Te Puke Art Society extends its exihibition
A range of styles, media and subjects on display.
'Enough is enough': Student calls for safety measures at rail crossings following tragedy
"School kids have the right to be safe going to and from school," Gia Nelson said.
Shop owner threatened with bar, another business targeted minutes later
Police are investigating the aggravated robberies.
Watch: Coromandel’s SH25a bridge taking shape
In total the steel girders will support 1560 tonnes of concrete and asphalt
Fun on the farm with Footrot Flats
Killer Boobs raises $1500 for Breast Cancer Support Services Tauranga
'Overwhelmed with joy': Young couple on pathway to owning home
"I cried. We are so grateful and thankful for the opportunity.”
Tūhoe claim Genesis management ‘far more destructive than Gabrielle’
Genesis Energy denies causing damage to the lake environment.
‘Ingrained hatred’: Should warring Mongrel Mob and Black Power be rewarded for good behaviour?
An expert makes the suggestion as police crack down on gang violence.
Day of violence: Gang members on trial for murder, assault, robbery
Mobsters accused of killing man who wouldn't give them drugs and attacking two others.
Gang crackdown: Weapons, drugs, cash seized by police given special search powers
Police also made two arrests in Ōpōtiki amid gang tensions.
Tauranga to host Te Pūtake o te Riri commemoration of New Zealand Wars
Tauranga is hosting this year's Te Pūtake o te Riri - the commemoration of the NZ Wars.