Latest from Tauranga

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.

Letters: Police college needs to be reopened

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Felix Desmarais: Running is hard, but facing bigotry is harder

OPINION: As a young queer person, the world taught me how to internalise the bullying.

Magic start strong but fall to loss against Mystics

A poor 20-9 final quarter saw the Magic lose.

'Everyone else pays': Call for e-scooter riders to pay their way as injury claims hit $7.8m

E-scooter riders should pay road user charges, ACC levies and registration costs: dad

For the love of books: Secondhand bookstores thrive

Xanadu Book Exchange in Pāpāmoa is the largest used bookstore in the Southern Hemisphere.

'Heart of Pāpāmoa': $5.4m surf lifesaving building opened

Pāpāmoa's new surf club, plagued by delays due to Covid-19, has officially been opened.

Home-crowd advantage: Fifth time the charm for Magic?

Magic will face second-place holders, the Northern Mystics, in round 6 on Monday evening.

Katikati College principal resigns

Katikati College principal Carolyn Pentecost has resigned.

'A lot of people are in limbo': Residents upset at possible mill closure

The Norske Skog paper mill employs 160 people

The fake $50 and the off-duty cop: How a man was nabbed for making fake money

How did he do it and why?

'He just didn't have to be killed': Grieving whānau speak out after police shooting

Keeri Hooper still remembers the confusion in her brother's eyes before he was shot.

Local Focus: Commissioners on tour in Tauranga

Commissioners Long-term Plan out for public feedback. Made with funding from NZ On Air.