But a 'one-size-fits-all approach won't necessarily meet specific needs of our community'.

Grow-your-own food and marketing gardening is growing in momentum.

OPINION: You know you've raised an independent soul if they flee the nest.

Residents 'thought it was a done deal', a councillor and 48-year Te Puna resident says.

The area will be replanted with harakeke varieties unique to the area and used for weaving

But the company says it still plans to leave Mount Maunganui.

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Tauranga for the strike.

Inquiry into whether more preventions are needed due to wastewater overflow continues.

Opinion: Traffic delays are bad for liveability and productivity, but also for emissions.

OPINION: Could we be seeing a turning of the tide?

Visitation numbers and an increased average spend are all good signs, say retailers.

Employers are offering more perks to get skilled workers.

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

OPINION: Our Queen's Birthday Honours recipients deserve to be proud.

Celestial navigator Jack Thatcher looks to the stars, and the past, for guidance.

But she's also had feedback the commissioners are doing better than the previous council.