Offering Tauranga Māori right of refusal on council land met with legal warning
Some are warning of legal dangers of the proposed move while others welcome it as overdue.
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Great white shark meat seized in Tauranga
Great white sharks are protected under the Wildlife Act 1953.
Suburb Spotlight: TV star new Pāpāmoa police chief
Suburb Spotlight: There's a new sheriff in Pāpāmoa and he's a familiar face.
'Unacceptable': NZTA puts brakes on $8.5m Totara St cycleway
Cyclists 'gutted' and 'frustrated' by delay in project, following two deaths on the road
'Rat runner' heavy vehicles banned from urban Mount Maunganui streets
But not everyone is happy about it.
Business digest: Bay of Plenty real estate performers shine at awards
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Rob Rattenbury: Has the sun set on the day of the conservative?
OPINION: Has Labour stolen the centre swing voter forever?
Bay of Plenty horror fiction author wins Bram Stoker Award
Award-winning Bay of Plenty writer Lee Murray has just added two feathers to her cap.
The Rich List: Tauranga's seven new million-dollar suburbs revealed
OneRoof: Tauranga has gone from having no $1m-plus suburbs a year ago to having seven.
Air NZ cargo imports jump as supply chain woes continue to bite
Air New Zealand has also revealed imported cargo from the US and Asia had jumped 30 %.
Mount Maunganui Lotto player wins $1M
A Mount Maunganui Lotto player won $1 million in Saturday night's draw
Tauranga teens present public transport ideas to council
The Year 9 students have big plans for the city's public transport system.
'Intense': Construction costs highest in two years
Report shows labour costs jump 1.3 per cent, the highest rate of cost inflation in 2 years
High Court quashes 'super pole' decision on appeal
The Environment Court made 'material errors', the High Court has ruled.
Waikato Hospital covers bill for patient transfer to Tauranga, for now
Cancer patients have been transferred to Tauranga Hospital after the cyber attack.
Big profits: Tauranga properties make median $402,500 resale gain
CoreLogic: Resale gains were "stronger than ever" across the country.
'Disappointed but not surprised': Race commissioner reacts to racist jeers
"Racist comments do affect people's wellbeing."
Letters to the editor: Lime scooters and buses should collaborate
OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Regional council left with $700k bill for bus hub security
Assaults and disorder at bus hubs have 'dramatically declined' but at what cost?
'Speak English': Crowd jeers at woman greeting them in te reo Māori
'All I wanted to do when I got off that stage was walk straight out the door.'
'Outrageous': Bank freezes pensioner's accounts, locked-out daughter fumes
'I am her biological daughter. There's no fraud.'
'Win-win': Bayfair underpass build a 'victory' for community
Construction finally begins on an underpass that nearly wasn't.
Local Focus: Cyclists invisible in truck blindzones
"Pretty eye-opening to be honest" for hidden cyclists. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Fatal crash driver was on P, boozed, driving wrong way on SH2
Driver admits manslaughter. Crash victim was heading home to his wife and kids after work.
'Nothing to show': Auditor-General slams council over $19m failure
'This is not what is expected when ... spending public money'
Local Focus: Electron racing along Pāpāmoa's waterways
Much more affordable than entering the America's Cup. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Jo Raphael: We're all vulnerable to cyber attacks, Waikato DHB just proved it
OPINION: Cyber attack on DHB was blatant and cruel.
Eye on the pies: Patrick Lam prepares for this year's pie competition
Reigning Bakels Pie Award champion Patrick Lam is not taking anything for granted.
Matt Cowley: Council needs a plan that drives progress
OPINION: Our members generally prefer action and progress over inaction and indecision.
Driver admits manslaughter and drugs charges after crash
A man charged with manslaughter appeared in the Tauranga High Court on May 26.
Eclipse and high tides: 'Good possibility' of further large swells
Similar conditions to Sunday expected this week due to high tides and total lunar eclipse.
Three people await fate over tyre-stockpiling case
Two people have been sentenced in relation to a tyre dumping prosecution case.