Poor in Paradise: Plight of working poor increases in Tauranga
More working poor are seeking help from social agencies in Tauranga.
More working poor are seeking help from social agencies in Tauranga.
The man at the centre of the incident has been sentenced in court.
Taylor Bettelheim and Dan Price show their batting skills.
Rounds three and four were played in Rotorua on Saturday.
Members of the public offer to donate their own skin to help severely burnt victims.
More than $20m in reparation payments remain outstanding in Tauranga.
Leonie and Lindsay Tisch cannot get enough of the Mount Maunganui campground.
Father and daughter Paul and Stephanie Browitt were severely injured in the eruption.
''When we walked back we didn't expect to have a house.''
Mount Maunganui's median value was $953,400.
Fluent in Japanese helps the industry veteran
Lawyer a "generous man, always helping his family and his community".
Fire and Emergency NZ have been called out to a scrub fire in Windermere
Tobacco sales make up a bigger proportion of a corner shop's income than you might think
"Rob was gregarious, warm, fun, brilliant."
It's during the downtime when thoughts of December 9 come to the fore.
Armed police were on site for 13 hours.
One month on the effects of the eruption are still seen in the small community.
The eruption left the community reeling and for many the grief remains.
Kelsey Waghorn is a fighter. 'She's just digging deep'.
"This is a long-term healing process, and for many of them it will take years."
Whakaari tour guide Hayden Marshall-Inman's family remember his heroics and generosity.
Armed police, police negotiators, St John and Tauranga Harbourmaster were involved.
Dave Gunn says he'll be off to the pub the moment the man who killed his daughter dies.
The 23-year-old was heartbroken to see the destruction the blazes had caused.
Henry and his mother, Tilly, were in the Hollie Snell crash, where Tilly lost her life.
Two people on a yacht had to be rescued a second time this week.
CPR was carried out for at least 45 minutes.
Kawerau mayor believes infrastructure isn't the issue. Made with funding from NZ On Air.