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Local Focus: Sikh charity speads south from Takanini to Tauranga

12 tonnes of food each day donated to people in need. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local Focus: Sikh charity spreads south from Takanini to Tauranga

12 tonnes of food each day donated to people in need. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Share beloved pets with the community

Enter your beloved pet in this year's Pet of the Year Bay of Plenty competition.

Tauranga's council might adopt its Annual Plan late - here's why

'The last four weeks have shown what was planned in that document is unlikely to occur.'

'Proven potential for harm' before Whakaari eruption

In 2018, researchers cited seven life-threatening "near misses" at Whakaari since 2006.

Covid 19 assessment centre launched in Katikati

A new Covid-19 assessment centre is set to open in Katikati this week..

Bay of Plenty highway projects resume

Road workers are back in action on projects stopped under level 4

Tauranga kicks into level 3 life

Tauranga McDonald's lovers began queuing for their Big Mac fix from 3am this morning.

Landlords, tenant advocates clash over planned laws

"All the proposed changes disadvantage the landlord," one property owner wrote.

Tauranga Sikh Society gift 600 food parcels to those in need

The initiative was one that had been rolled out to Sikh temples across the country.

'Gather our strength': Tauranga community unite for Anzac Day

Many headed to their mailboxes this morning as a way to mark the day.

Tauranga tourism operators in 'holding pattern'

Tauranga tourism operators are hurting including one who has culled 30 staff.

Returned serviceman Dick Frew 'Stands At Dawn' for fallen Anzacs

The Malaya veteran has missed only four Anzac Day services in 58 years.

Port productivity jumps to record levels despite Covid 19

Kiwifruit and dairy strong but fears held for forestry.

'Important not to forget': Veteran reflects on Anzac Day

Tauranga's Bryan Cox, 95, was a Pacific World War II fighter pilot.

'Thought they were exempt from road rules': Essential worker drives at 176km/h

Drivers caught claim the road laws don't apply to them, say police.