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Meet Pip, 65, who had a slide built into her new Mount Maunganui home
Pip Kay, 65, was inspired by her youth when designing her house with a slide.
Danger zones: Warning for Mt Ruapehu visitors as eruption risk rises
Ski season visitors will need to check for hazard zones before arriving.
Marriage is between man and woman: School under fire for 'discriminatory' statement
But the school says the statement is to "transparently explain" its philosophy.
Bowel cancer: 44,000 Bay residents finally eligible for screening programme
The Bay of Plenty DHB is the last DHB nationally to roll out the programme.
Options for racecourse's future to be decided
Tauranga City Council commissioners will meet on Monday to pick plans for consultation.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Luxon should have gone further in condemning racism
OPINION: Luxon should call out the racists at every opportunity,
'Long way to go': Return to normal a struggle for most businesses
Actual retail sales values increased in the Bay of Plenty in Q1 but how do retailers feel?
Opinion: How we're missing the chance to punish bad drivers
Luke Kirkness says the law is the law, and if you break it, you should be punished.
'Squashed in together': Overcrowding in mental health units raises assault risk - nurses
Seclusion areas were used for patients to sleep in in 'extreme cases'.
Destiny Church Pastor avoids conviction over anti-vaccine protest after 'misguided loyalty'
Destiny Church Tauranga Pastor has been discharged without conviction for Covid breach.
Rush hour delays: Two crashes on city routes
The crashes were both between 4pm and 4.30pm.
'Prolonged and violent assault': Police appeal after teen attacked
A boy in his mid-teens is the victim of a prolonged and violent assault, police say.
Warnings after boat sinks in BOP, tramp salvaged from Lake Rotorua
The boat sunk on Saturday and needed to be salvaged by the regional council.
Letters: After another US mass shooting, would weapons bans make people safer?
Our readers have their say.
The 'homegrown solution' for tackling the cost-of-living crisis
Poutiri Trust has helped about 90 households gain improved access to healthy food.
'It was an explosion': Neighbours describe Mount Maunganui house fire
Fire and Emergency New Zealand were called about 2am.
Gang pad fire in Murupara 'not suspicious'
Building suffers 'substantial damage' after blaze in early hours of Monday morning.
'Horrendous': Police target speeders amid fears of an 'accident waiting to happen'
Police warn enforcement action will be taken against drivers speeding through roadworks.
Five on trial after attempt to take back loaned caravan results in attack
Five people are on trial related to an attack at a Kaimai Ranges property last year.
Kiwifruit v Parliament coming to Te Puke
Afternoon of sport and culture to support RSE's home communities.
'Shouting, screeching tyres and a thud': Gangs clash in street, man hit by car - witness
The incident happened in Tāneatua, a small Bay of Plenty town.
One seriously injured after car rolls on SH2
Single-vehicle crash near the Waihi Rd off-ramp.
The Premium Debate: Subscribers discuss the state of the building and construction industry
Premium subscribers have their say on the state of the building and construction industry.
Comment: In these strange and angry times, be the driver of change
OPINION: I've often wondered: how bad are things going to get before they get better?
New flood rules impacting 30,400 homes, new developments appealed
Appeals to the decision would be heard by the Environment Court.
'Buyer beware': How climate change could send insurance costs surging
'Some communities really do have to act now' - Insurance Council.
Vandalism and death threats: New law welcomed for campaign advertising
A law change will enable other contact options to be used on campaign advertising.
Container ship forced to alter course to avoid hitting yacht
An investigation was launched following the incident.
Hopes high for Matariki after buzzing Queen's Birthday Weekend
But not everyone got to reap the rewards of the long weekend.
New era for Black Ferns starts on winning note against Australia
A new era for the Black Ferns started on a sodden and ultimately successful note.
Get the umbrella ready, winter outlook reveals plenty of rain to come
The outlook comes as autumn was listed as the second-equal warmest on record.
Four people injured in crash between car and ute
Emergency services were called just after 11am.
Rob Rattenbury: Broadcasting has changed but it's still the same
OPINION: Radio was the only home entertainment in most New Zealand homes until TV.