Local Focus: Independent candidate for Tauranga Larry Baldock on Candidate Camera
Transport, home loans and an independent voice in Parliament are Baldock's aims.
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Local Focus: New Conservative candidate Jono Langridge on Candidate Camera
Transport, housing and parking are Langridge's big issues, but not climate change.
Navy divers scour hulls of ships in Tauranga after drugs tip-off
Two ships of interest were identified and Navy divers were sent to Tauranga.
Local Focus: Act's Christine Young on Candidate Camera
Novel transport ideas to beat congestion from Tauranga's ACT candidate.
Local Focus: Leighton Baker Party Candidate for Bay of Plenty, Wendy Gillespie on Candidate Camera
Ōropi local discusses why she's running for the Leighton Baker Party.
‘Living life again’: Donations give dying dad 'miracle' drug
'Now all of a sudden I believe I’m going to live.'
'Failing hospitals': Three BoP candidates vow to fix public health system
Other issues raised included cost of living, crime, traffic and co-governance.
Watch: NZ champion golf trio receive haka homecoming from schoolmates
An emotional haka was a special homecoming for the national schoolboy champs.
Reserve may become road for fast-tracked retirement village
The new road would be used for emergency and delivery access to the 280-unit village.
'We will continue to do the best we can': Fire station closed for two days due to staff shortages
The station was closed for two days last week due to staffing numbers
Local Focus: Vision NZ's Leon Samuels on Candidate Camera
Democracy, crime and homelessness are big issues for Tauranga's Vision candidate.
Smallgusta: Miniature golf course offers evolutionary experience
A new mini golf course is being developed in Tauranga.
The Premium Debate: Subscribers react to mum who gave up job to care for daughter
OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.
Local Focus: Act's Bay of Plenty candidate Cameron Luxton on Candidate Camera
The cost of living and crime are the big issues for Act's Pāpāmoa-based candidate.
'Nigh-on impossible': Housing development for 15000 people stalls
Delay may cost ratepayers millions with $300m needed for roads, pipes.
Autistic boy wins national golf title after only playing three rounds - ever
The 12-year-old schoolboy cleaned up all comers to take out the title at the Aims Games.
Local Focus: National's Tom Rutherford on Candidate Camera
National's Bay of Plenty candidate discusses the electorate's big issues.
Your child's abuser could still have a say: What you need to know
Even exes who committed serious assaults and had been absent for years still have a say.
How much Tauranga ratepayers are set to pay for $300m+ CBD revamp
Funding plan would stop future councils from interfering, commissioner says.
SH29 reopens: Person airlifted after two-vehicle crash involving truck
At least one person seriously injured in crash.
Letters: Loo lauded but Rotorua’s reputation 'going down the toilet'
OPINION: Rotorua readers have their say.
'Exciting phase': Extra classes needed to meet demand for for te reo Māori education
“There is certainly a craving to learn te reo Māori."
Letters to the editor: Refugee, unemployment and roadworks
OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Tauranga Hospital's new renal unit doubles dialysis chair numbers
The unit opened its doors to patients on Monday.
Organiser of cancelled festival One Love pays nearly $250k for venue damage
About 2.5ha was significantly damaged after extreme rain and heavy machinery use.
Mum 'disgusted' abusive ex gets say over brain-damaged son's name
The boy has the developmental age of a toddler after being shaken as a baby by his father.
'Agony': Woman trespassed from visiting dying mother at hospital
'If I return to visit my dying mother I will be arrested on the spot.'
'Heartbreak': Mum quits job to care for daughter with debilitating condition
'I want to have a job, I want to be able to look after myself ... but I can’t.'
Local Focus: Labour's Jan Tinetti on Candidate Camera
Transport, skill shortages and equal access to Tauranga are important issues for Tinetti.
'It's about using it on the daily': the 48th Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori was first celebrated in 1975.
This kidney donor saved his dad's life. It almost cost him his own
Tauranga organ donor's plasma plea: 'One hundred and fifty people, they saved my life'
How to catch a cheater: Private investigators' tips for spotting the red flags
Investigators say a spouse’s gut instinct that something isn’t right is usually correct.
Local Focus: National's Sam Uffindell on Candidate Camera
Crime, cost of living, and a new highway are top of mind for Uffindell.