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Destiny Church Pastor avoids conviction over anti-vaccine protest after 'misguided loyalty'
Destiny Church Tauranga Pastor has been discharged without conviction for Covid breach.
'Prolonged and violent assault': Police appeal after teen attacked
A boy in his mid-teens is the victim of a prolonged and violent assault, police say.
'Horrendous': Police target speeders amid fears of an 'accident waiting to happen'
Police warn enforcement action will be taken against drivers speeding through roadworks.
Five on trial after attempt to take back loaned caravan results in attack
Five people are on trial related to an attack at a Kaimai Ranges property last year.
'Shouting, screeching tyres and a thud': Gangs clash in street, man hit by car - witness
The incident happened in Tāneatua, a small Bay of Plenty town.
New flood rules impacting 30,400 homes, new developments appealed
Appeals to the decision would be heard by the Environment Court.
'Buyer beware': How climate change could send insurance costs surging
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Container ship forced to alter course to avoid hitting yacht
An investigation was launched following the incident.
New era for Black Ferns starts on winning note against Australia
A new era for the Black Ferns started on a sodden and ultimately successful note.
'It's a talking point': Tauranga man gets tattoo of Queen's face
Declan Jones wanted a tattoo to represent his home back in England.
Comment: Access to vaping needs to be balanced
OPINION: Kiwi teenagers are preferring e-cigarettes over smoked tobacco
The big issue worrying a retiring police district commander
After more than 40 years on the force, Andy McGregor says it's time to wind down.
Do local politicians really need to live locally?
Giving up on local candidates being local would be another nail in the coffin.
'Simultaneously savage and tender': Tom Sainsbury on his tour, the sensitivities of fame
"I sometimes put videos up and think 'why did you do that?', Tom Sainsbury says.
Cockroaches and cold showers: Tenants hit out over 'unacceptable' living conditions
The tenancy compliance and investigations team has launched an investigation.
Bus bashing: Driver concussed after violent racial attack at stop
'He took a number of punches to the face.'
Meth bust: Three arrested after drug in pails of grease at port
Meth originating in Iran was found in a container of grease pails at Tauranga Port.
'I will not back off': Councillor defiant amid calls for resignation
'If they have an issue with it, they can take it up with the Local Government Minister.'
Union 'concerned' about number of assaults on mental health staff
Staff have been treated in the emergency department after being assaulted by patients.
Appeal reduces sentence for five-hour night-time crime spree
Three separate incidents involved three victims.
Look to the garden for good health and medicine
Katikati Herb Society wants to empower people to help themselves.
'Hello, this could be a bomb': Scare in Mount Maunganui a first for boss
He said the police took 'the most prudent course of action' and 'brought in specialists'.
Gang members in prison: Numbers hit 7-year low
But the proportion in prison compared to non-gang members is at a 12-year high.
Mount apartment tower's $25m makeover - and new name
$47m has been approved for the remedial work on Mount apartments in the last three years
Grandma allegedly three times over booze limit on school pick-up run
Police respond to report of swerving vehicle in Edgecumbe.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Where have all the children gone?
OPINION: There's no quick fix, and parents are not failing.
National plan to ban gang convoys in Tauranga 'ineffectual' - gang expert
National byelection candidate Sam Uffindell's idea for a member's bill comes under fire.
Butcher hit 'rock bottom'. Then something made him decide to stay open
The butcher, subjected to smash and grabs and break-ins, was ready to call it quits.
'Gasping for breath': Why one woman quit smoking
'That was just your life - you go to work, you smoke hard, you drink hard.'
Flooding now unlikely in Ngongotahā after residents urged to prepare to evacuate
MetService said Rotorua experienced 21mm in just an hour in Rotorua between 2pm and 3pm
Live: 5836 cases today, five virus-related deaths, 403 people in hospital
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'Made my week': Cystic fibrosis sufferer gifted money by stranger
The donor wanted Troy Watson to 'go and have fun' with his friends or family.
Monkeypox v Covid: How do the two viruses compare?
The Ministry of Health says the risk of importation of monkeypox to NZ is "moderate".