Latest from Tauranga

Dad says man made sexual comments to girl at bus stop

'This event has really set her back years.'

New factory grounds blessed in Tauriko

The factory is planned to be operational in the second half of calendar year 2023.

Bryan Gould: Investment bank could be a panacea to economy woes

OPINION: Government could establish an investment bank to stimulate economy.

Samantha Motion: When roads become bitumen battlegrounds

Opinion: We all play a little justification game to excuse our bad driving behaviour.

Letters to the editor: Speed limit reduction illogical

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

'Cut up like a wild animal': Attack leaves teen needing 300-plus stitches

A Tauranga teenager lost three litres of blood and needed more than 300 stitches.

Business Digest: Businesses encouraged to get financially fit for new era

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Eye fillet steak stolen, store damaged as butcher targeted again

Doug Jarvis Butchers has been targeted by thieves twice in the last three months.

'Democracy has gone': Councillors hit back at minister's intention to replace them

The minister wants to appoint a commission to run the city.

Top cop says deaths of Bay of Plenty children will not be the last

The Bay of Plenty continues to grapple with a serious child abuse problem.

Homeless fears: Desperate dog owner's online plea for pet-friendly rental

Logan Wilson, who owns two dogs, is hopeful he will find a new home.

We need you! Help local business fill van for foodbank

"It's very easy as a middle-class person to not understand what it would be like."

Tauranga Māori 'probably' underpaid as council votes on new remuneration rates

Councillors have upped the rate they pay tangata whenua but say more needs to be done.

Speed limit proposal: 'Nobody does 80km/h. There's a lot of skidding and horns blowing'

'Dangerous' speed limits prompt potential slow down but not everyone agrees with it.

Local Focus: Emergency services food run a success

Drive-by donations a hit with the community. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Three injured in triple car crash

Police were notified of the incident about 6.40am.