Luke Kirkness: We need to get on board with inter-regional rail
OPINION: NZ needs to stop thinking about current solutions and look into the future.
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Now open all year round
The pool is heated all year round, and boasts eight lanes.
Trask signs with overseas club, returning in 2024
Trask is looking forward to playing overseas
Malachi's misery: Oranga Tamariki slated by Ombudsman over inaction
Litany of failures by Oranga Tamariki inaction before death of 5-year-old Malachi Subecz.
Subscribers weigh in on man filling in potholes himself
OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.
Town has a vibrant art scene
Clear As Mud is a show featuring the beautiful, practical, sculptural, whimsical work
Child critical after falling out of tree in Welcome Bay
The patient was taken to Waikato Hospital by helicopter.
Slip blocks Te Puna Station Rd
Road users were advised to take care as clean-ups continue in the region.
Damage from slips keeps Hamurana Rd closed, SH35 fully open
The slips are clear but the road is damaged.
'Freaking out': Frustrated Kaimai pothole motorists on expense and damage
Working fulltime fixing bent wheels: 'It's diabolical'. Eight motorists a day showing up.
Ministry orders daycare attended by murdered 5yo Malachi to be closed
The childcare centre failed to alert authorities to the suspected abuse.
'A different dynamic': Why regional council voter turnout is just 13 per cent so far
People still have chance to vote by using a ballot box at council offices by October 8.
The power of jiu jitsu and a good community
Katikati club returns with large stash of medals and multiple champions.
'I am exceptionally lucky': How a dog and a buzzing noise helps Helen
People are being encouraged to join a new hearing support group in Katikati.
Thames voters dragging the chain
'Voting should be online these days. People my age literally never open mail.'
Watch: CEO fronts after patient details compromised in cyber attack
Patient details have been compromised in a cyber attack.
Patient details compromised in cyber attack on North Island GP network
Pinnacle Midlands Health Network has been hit by a cyber attack.
'I've had a few lives in my time': Pensioner narrowly survives impalement
Brian was digging tomatoes when he fell through two panes of glass, 'cutting his rib'.
Dr Tony Farrell: It's time to change alcohol's connection to sport in NZ
OPINION: Sponsorship and marketing must come to end.
Record-breaker: Repairs begin after month's worth of rainfall within three days
Rotorua, Tauranga and Whakatāne have already exceeded normal monthly rainfall average.
'More and more elderly who have nowhere to go': Whare for homeless retirees opens
The whare has been named after a pensioner who died in transitional housing back in March.
Michelle Langstone: 'Life is a procession of departures and arrivals'
The actor and author talks to Elisabeth Easther.
Commissioners can free parking trial, cost to rise to $21 a day
A free parking trial started due to Covid-19 will soon end.
Kiwifruit sector marshals resources against export fruit quality downturn
Kiwifruit industry was 6000 workers short this season.
Wet weather doesn't deter keen anglers
Catch rates were higher on Lake Okataina but Tarawera fish were in the best condition.
Shoreline Management project defines flooding and erosion risks.
The Shoreline Management project has worked to define the flooding and erosion risks.
9975 new Covid cases, 33 deaths in last week; nearly 10 per cent reinfections
For three weeks now, Kiwis have been living without the Covid-19 traffic light system.
Weekend of heavy rain greases up roads
The crash served as a reminder to motorists to "take care and drive to the conditions".
School holiday sun: Better weather on the way for the Bay of Plenty
The weekend is looking to be more settled after a wet start to the school holidays.
SH25 road closed after trees fall during bad weather
The weekend's heavy rainfall has caused a slip on State Highway 25 on Tairua Rd.
Opinion: Removing GST from medicine could have wider benefits
Opinion: Removing GST from medicine is a simple step which would lead to big benefits.
Felix Desmarais: Why I'm not a pop star
Opinion: It started with Celine and ended in a carport in Tauranga.
Free two-hour parking on chopping block as council considers new on-street parking rates
If approved, the new parking rates will come into effect on December 1.