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Game of 'whac-a-mole': First-home buyers returning to market as median price drops

Tauranga's house prices dropped 2.5 per cent to $980,000 in the month to May

Maersk to start dedicated NZ coastal shipping service

Two-vessel service starts next month, will only operate in NZ waters.

Mount Maunganui crash: Tractor driver seriously injured, police search for stolen ute driver

Police need the public's help to locate the driver of a stolen ute involved in a crash.

Local Focus: Tauranga byelection candidates talk traffic

It's an issue that affects everybody, but what solutions are the candidates proposing?

College may face 'formal intervention' over controversial marriage claim

The ministry has also revealed it told the college a month ago to remove the line.

'Pretend paramedic' was unlawfully administering drugs to patients

Patients had no idea he was unqualified, a court has heard.

SH29A: One person critically injured after car and tractor crash

Police were alerted to the incident about 4.10pm.

Protest and 'fascism' claim at byelection debate

A candidate was booted out, a man launched a protest and another was removed by security.

Thunder, rain, hail: What to expect from the weather today

Thunderstorms to bring heavy rain, hail and strong winds for most of Sunday.

Premium Debate: New Zealand has changed, and not for the better

Subscribers have their say.

Cannabis and military training: byelection candidates' fixes for gang violence

Others believe poetry, the Bible, or working with rather than against gangs were answers.

Kiwis wake to storms and snowfall as dreary winter weather hits most of NZ

With severe wind and thunderstorm watches in place, DoC warns it's safer to stay put.

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.

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.