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Grandmaster flash: Global chess stars to play in Tauranga as NZ championships

Some of the sharpest minds in the world will descend on Tauranga.

'A bit of a joke': Tauranga's $20m reparation bill

More than $20m in reparation payments remain outstanding in Tauranga.

Call to bring back New Year's Eve party at Mount Maunganui

'It was a national highlight and we closed it down.'

Same patch of lawn for 68 years: Story of the campground

Leonie and Lindsay Tisch cannot get enough of the Mount Maunganui campground.

Radio star Brian Kelly marks 50 years on the airwaves

Tauranga radio host Brian Kelly marks 50 years in radio with NZME, predecessor companies.

Tauranga Half: Course record obliterated

Braden Currie's Tauranga Half course record has been beaten by a large margin.

Local Focus: Life between the flags

A day in the life of a lifeguard. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'Slow down': Welcome Bay residents fed up with crashes

The call follows incident in which a car in a police pursuit crashed through two fences.

Rock the boat! Vessel falls on to busy Bayfair roundabout

Motorists would have got quite the surprise on their commute home yesterday!

Letters: Rates debate and PM pride

Readers share their views.

Police visit rapper on his birthday after music video concerns

''People don't know anything about it, so they can't judge me.''

Up in smoke: Dairy owners' income worries amid calls to ban ciggie sales

Tobacco sales make up a bigger proportion of a corner shop's income than you might think

Esteemed judge remembered for fairness, wit and humanity

"Rob was gregarious, warm, fun, brilliant."

Big ideas: Four visions for Western Bay transport and housing

'We can't all continue to move in cars – we just can't simply build enough motorway.'

Carmen Hall: Cigarette addiction has cost me tens of thousands of dollars

COMMENT: But giving up smoking is not as easy.

Mount golfer aims for three-peat

Dale Clarke is undoubtedly the man to beat at this year's Mid-Amateur Golf Championship.