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'Dark numbers': Fear housing crisis 'normalised'; region with most need revealed

The charity delivers 92,000 food parcels in a year: 'That’s not a flex'.

Deemed too risky: ‘Crucial’ housing plans delayed 10 years

The housing development is expected to offer homes for 15,500 people.

'No idea how to look after a house': Bad tenants 'ruining' it for others

'A truth that nobody is willing to talk about or don’t have the guts to deal with.'

'Anti-cogovernance diatribe' and Cameron Rd legal threats: What made news in July

Bay of Plenty Times is looking back at the stories of 2023.

Tauranga needs 5000 more homes, but 'critical' development still years away

Tolley 'frustrated' as long timelines continue for project that could house 15,550.

Flood-damaged pensioner flats to be demolished

Seven homes to be demolished after floods ripped through seaside town of Waihī Beach.

'Amazing tenancy demand': Build costs and interest rates hit $200m sold-out Tauranga development

'If we see a drop in interest rates next year then I think it will start to stimulate.'

Public to get say on controversial 130-home Pongakawa development

The Western Bay of Plenty development is one step closer, despite opposition.

Sonya Bateson on housing: Desperate times call for desperate measures

OPINION: Ngāi Te Rangi's plans seem a neat solution.

Residents fear being forced from their homes

'I’m actually staggered that mandatory acquisition can happen in New Zealand.'

Iwi plans to import transportable homes for Māori living in 'appalling' conditions

The homes would have three bedrooms and cost up to $170,000.

'Lost opportunity': Plans to sell ‘critical’ CBD education centre under fire

The centre was to be part of a future Knowledge Precinct but could become housing.

'Madness': Top developer hits out as thousands of homes held up

'Everyone wants housing yet we are stifled by infrastructure.'

'Living here you feel like a bottom feeder and scum'

This woman works fulltime as a nurse but is still homeless.

Ruling looms for house plan above world-renowned Coromandel beach

Sites are planned so most places won’t be able to be seen from the beach below.

'Now...not in 30 years': Leaders ask Govt to fast-track Golden Triangle highway

The highway is a key arterial route linking Auckland, Tauranga and Hamilton.