Weather: About 380 lightning strikes in 48 hours
Nationally, there were 19,000 during the weekend.
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'Once-in-a-lifetime': Trophy visit kicks off Fifa Women's World Cup buzz
Local Focus: Five games will be played at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton.
'We are going backwards': City chief issues warning as rates increased
It's "going to be a very difficult year for everyone".
Kiri Gillespie: Ram raids cowardly and lazy crimes
Opinion: Business owners targeted need our help.
Regions will be 'under-resourced': Staff 'blindsided' by proposed job cuts
'The impact on students could be quite severe' - employee.
Kai Co-op plan to address poverty and 'cut out the middle man'
'It is about addressing the duopoly that the supermarkets have.'
Flooding and slips throughout Bay of Plenty, 'more rain on the way'
Flooding was reported in Maketu, Paengaroa and Pikowai.
Revealed: The suburbs where everyone selling their home made a profit
First-quarter data also shows some sellers made hundreds of thousands.
NZ's biggest builders: The contenders with $100m-plus workloads
They're nipping at the heels of the biggest operators.
Western Bay ratepayers face 7.04 per cent average rates increase
It comes as the council plans to upgrade "key community facilities".
Business Digest: How Ngāti Whakaue is supporting its entrepreneurs
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Chamber boss: Businesses say no to more tolling
Opinion: People want their existing transport user fees and taxes spent more wisely.
National pushes for tougher sentences for gangs after Ōpōtiki tangi procession
Labour's police spokesperson claims it is a lazy rehash of old National policy.
Lightning strike leaves hundreds without power in Bay of Plenty
The estimated restoration time for power returning is 4.45pm.
Weather: Heavy rain watch in place as forecast predicts wet week ahead
Tauranga Airport recorded 83mm of rain in 48 hours.
Ram raids getting 'out of control' as fresh spate of attacks prompt safety fears
'I’ve got a baby, I’ve got a wife who doesn’t even feel safe anymore ...'
Opinion: Why evicting unruly state tenants is not the answer
OPINION: Kicking unruly tenants out is going to have its own implications for society.
Storage wars: Inside the growing business of shipping containers
Spoiler: Lots of them are being used for anything but shipping.
Convicted architectural designer gets building licence back - and faces fresh complaint
His history of fines, suspensions and cancellations is not listed on the public register.
'Home will be so empty': Partner's tribute to league player who died after on-field injury
Officials are investigating the 'tragic incident'.
Opinion: Quiet quitters should just quit
Opinion: You are more likely to be promoted if you have a can-do, will-do attitude.
Tauranga Police appeal for help to find man who fled crash and may have jumped into estuary
The man has not been found and police are appealing for help.
Mark Lister: House prices have bottomed, but where might they go from here?
OPINION: Where the new 'normal' for mortgage rates might settle.
Lonely? How to make a new best friend in adulthood
While you can ask someone, “Are you single?”, there's no question, “Are you friended?”
'The lost, the lonely, the battered, and the bruised': The man fixing broken people
Poverty in Paradise: The team that takes on 'those who are in the too-hard basket'.
'He was ... going berserk': Families of teen vaping addicts speak out
Others say vaping 'ripped' a family apart and left a teen looking 'like death'.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Only luck has prevented more tragedies like Loafers Lodge
OPINION: Boarding houses were common in many New Zealand towns and cities after the war.
Premium Debate: Quiet quitting makes sense if extra effort only gets you more work
OPINION: Subscribers have their say.
From tailgating to trailblazing: The ultimate traffic hack for commuters
Opinion: Say goodbye to congestion - a solution to New Zealand's traffic woes.
Local Focus: Backyards in front line to making BoP predator free
The battle to bring native birds back to our backyards has begun.
Te Pūkenga proposal would cut more than 400 jobs
The national vocational education organisation has been briefing its 10,000 staff.
Govt funding of $52m for 'gold-star luxury' spa has 'really paid off', says PM
'We made those targeted investments where they were needed to keep our economy going.'