Lifeguard: 'I've never pulled a body out of the water with a life jacket on'
Fatal drownings have increased by almost 20 percent in the last five years.
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National Jazz Festival giveaway: City set to come alive
Be in to win tickets for the annual festival being held in Tauranga.
'Without funding we would have already closed': International student numbers plummet
Toi Ohomai international student revenue drops by $10 million.
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Some have moved on from local politics while some others very much haven't.
Dawn Picken: It's time to think about reopening the border
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'Visionary' former Tauranga Boys' College principal farewelled
A memorial service for Norman Morris, a former principal of Tauranga Boys' College.
One person dead in crash at Athenree Gorge
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Ex-mayor Tenby Powell on cancer, kindness and living his best life
"... not a week goes by where I don't get a hug from someone saying 'thank you'."
The dying dream: Deposit rates in Tauranga rise $33,000 in 12 months
It comes as CoreLogic data shows a dip in sale values of 1.5 per cent in February.
Tauranga Moana measles campaign launches
A van will also help to access rural communities.
Police release name of man killed in Kaimai crash
The two car crash happened on Wednesday.
Luke Kirkness: We need to be proactive, not reactive
Opinion: We need to start looking further into the future to look after later generations.
Speedway: Dirt track action returns
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$2.4m to house Tauranga's homeless in motels for three months
Tauranga's homeless staying in motels cost taxpayers $2.6 million in three months.
Widow's heartbreak: 'I would give anything to have him tapping me on the shoulder now'
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Your chance to have a say on $45m Cameron Rd upgrade
The community is invited to Cameron Rd open days.
Police on hunt for man with links to the Bay of Plenty
There is a warrant to arrest the man who has known links to the Bay of Plenty.
Car crashes through fence, down a bank and into garden
A Ngatai Rd resident saw the whole thing from his kitchen window.
'Have some Hep C': Man's 'callous' infectious disease threat to police
A Bay man has been convicted of attempting to infect a police officer with a disease.
Thunderstorm watch in place for Bay of Plenty
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Jo Raphael: Rates are a necessary evil
OPINION: The status quo is no longer acceptable.
Local Focus: Meet the commissioners - Stephen Selwood 'Tauranga has suffered'
Former Infrastructure NZ boss on being a commissioner. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Richie McCaw and team isport take second at GodZone
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Second Tauranga meth smuggler convicted in 500kg drug operation
Another Tauranga man has been convicted for importing 500kg of P and P-dealing charges.
Tauranga entrepreneurs take over iconic Rotorua building
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'It's fairly catastrophic': $3 million business now worth 'basically nothing'
"That's my retirement plan down the gurgler."
Huge support for Peter Burling as America's Cup finals racing begins
Tauranga's own son Peter Burling and Team New Zealand teammates take on Luna Rossa.
Bay of Plenty's kiwifruit harvest begins
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