Latest from Tauranga

Jo Raphael: Migrants stuck in limbo need answers

OPINION: Let's try to get answers for migrants stuck in limbo.

Foodbank bracing for demands of winter season

Tauranga Community Foodbank is expecting to see demand pick up in June/July.

Rob Rattenbury: Love of books needs to be developed early

OPINION: Collecting books is now becoming an issue at the love shack on the hill.

Suburb Spotlight: Tauranga suburb joins $1m club

'It is a very sought-after area.'

Is the Bay's boiling property market starting to simmer? New data revealed

Tauranga's median house price is $937,500 and Rotorua's $630,000.

Impacts of Chorus' fire damaged cable outage were significant

The repairs to a fire-damaged cable will cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Five-vehicle crash at Pyes Pa roundabout

The incident was reported at 12.55pm.

Tourism Bay of Plenty big winner of community funding plans

The funding decision is expected to reap the biggest community impact.

Jo Raphael: Don't make border workers choose between job or jab

OPINION: Port workers shouldn't have to choose between their job or the jab.

Tauranga public invited to long-term plan open days

The plan proposes investing $4.57 billion in key priority areas now and for the future.

Freedom camping clampdown: Breaches soar, vans spotted using 'dodgy' self-containment stickers

Cars with "a dodgy sticker" are in line of proposed changes to freedom camping rules.

School-age children to get free bus fares, anytime as council urged to 'be brave'

'We may not be popular but now's the time to make a move. Tauranga can't wait.'

'A monster': Survivor hits out as serial rapist locked up indefinitely

'I am standing here today to reclaim my confidence and power.'

'No one wants to lose a child.' Rural schools want consistent speed limits

Submitters call for a consistent approach to speed limits outside rural schools.

Mauao to close to public for helicopter operation

Security and barriers will be in place at entrances to advise visitors of the closure.

Local Focus: Today is ME day

"Chronic Fatigue doesn't do it justice." Made with funding from NZ On Air.