'Like a nightmare and I haven't woken up': Grieving fiance tells of horror collision
'He had so much more to give and so much life to live.'
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Karangahake Gorge down to one lane 'until about 5pm'
Traffic management has been put in place.
40 days on the snow: Olympic kayaker Mike Dawson on his 1000km South Pole expedition
The expedition is expected to take at least 40 days.
'Diabolical': Eighty-six per cent of restaurants understaffed - survey
'I've got school kids doing dishes for $21.20 as a minimum or more.'
Interactive: Check the mayoral and election results in every city/region
Use our interactive tool to find the results for different regions in Aotearoa.
'Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart': Tania Tapsell claims victory
Tania Tapsell is the first Māori woman mayor of Rotorua
'Like a Third World country': Local concerned about 'scruffy' suburb
Long time Mount Maunganui local says the place has never looked so bad.
'Complicit in murder': Whānau Ora chair slams Oranga Tamariki over failings
Child advocate Merepeka Raukawa-Tait has expressed anger at failings by Oranga Tamariki.
Police officer justified in firing some shots at fleeing prisoner, but not all
The officer fired nine shots at the man, including three into the back of his stolen car.
New MOU signed to help address palliative care shortage in the Eastern Bay
A scholarship for Te Ōhanga Mataora: Bachelor of Health Science Māori Nursing students.
Retailers say axing of free parking is 'ridiculous'
Retailers and shoppers slam Tauranga city's new on-street parking changes.
Dr Tony Farrell: It's time to change alcohol's connection to sport in NZ
OPINION: Sponsorship and marketing must come to end.
Opinion: Removing GST from medicine could have wider benefits
Opinion: Removing GST from medicine is a simple step which would lead to big benefits.
'Ridiculous': Potholes blamed for popped tyres, damaged wheels, injured ankles
One Tauranga man has resorted to filling in 'horrible' potholes himself.
'Equity issue' as some rural patients face six-week wait to see a doctor
"In the next 10 years about 50 per cent of our GPs are set to retire."
Rainmaker strife: Highway closed, traffic warnings as heavy rain drenches north
A slow-moving front has made for a soggy start to school holidays in the north.
27-hour rainmaker: Slip closes highway, heavy downfall warnings for north
Rain descends on the North Island just in time for the school holidays.
Sex, betrayal and dysfunction: What really goes on behind a sex therapist's walls
Sex is "the play of adults" and shouldn't go to the bottom of the priority list.
Local Focus: New Brooklands mural unveiled
Watch: The mural was inspired and designed by local tamariki.
Ministry moves 28 homeless from controversial Fenton St hotel
Twenty-eight of the 41 people staying at the Four Canoes Hotel have been moved elsewhere.
Pothole claims: Drivers seek more than $4000 in compo for car damages
Drivers made claims after hitting potholes and damaging their tyres and exhausts.
Bay of Plenty iwi to vote on $100m Crown settlement
An initial settlement offer of $40 million was rejected 26 years ago.
'Cruel and heartless': $52k annual tax on 'miracle drug' slammed
'We will do anything to keep our boy alive but ... detest having to pay tax to do so.'
Crown appeals teen rapist's home detention sentence
An appeal has been filed despite the Crown earlier defending its position on the sentence.
Fire risk fears: Apartment owners, Argosy suing aluminium panel makers, suppliers
Claddings now mostly removed from buildings at centre of court case.
Bigger venue named for Juicy Fest Tauranga
Nelly, Ne-Yo, Ja Rule and others headline the festival.
Luke Kirkness: Govt inviting vigilantism by lack of action against crime
OPINION: They've opened the bank and made promises but little has transpired.
One person dead after fatal crash on SH26/Paeroa Kopu Rd
One person has died after a fatal crash on SH26/Paeroa Kopu Rd, Hikutaia.
Your guide to daylight saving: Sleep, barbecues, flower planting, and the perfect party dress
The changing of the clocks: Clocks move forward an hour on Sunday for daylight saving.
Should cancer drugs be GST-free? Patient who has spent $200k to survive says yes
"I still feel I've got everything going for me," the 76-year-old says.
Sonya Bateson: Timing of Sam Uffindell investigation release was 'disrepectful'
OPINION: It just smacks of trying to bury the story, whether that was the intention or not
Shopkeeper 'completely broken' after latest smash-and-grab
Retail NZ says store owners arming themselves with weapons is a 'bad idea'.
Mattresses, fridges, biking in heels: Waipa Mill's first female worker turns 100
Aline Douglas used to have to bike home to use the toilet. There wasn't one at work.
Named: Retirement village keeping widow's $790,000
Resident had to move out when her husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer.