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Level 2 relief as people travel and book accommodation, but police urge safe driving.
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Live: Malls bustling as Tauranga embraces level 2
Mauao opens with 'Covid-19 high-risk area' warning - will it deter walkers?
Bursting your bubble: How to deal with anxiety about returning to normality
Thousands of Kiwis will be feeling some level of anxiety as we move to level 2.
Biggest recession since Great Depression: Why Western Bay will weather the storm
New Zealand is facing the biggest recession since the Great Depression economists say.
No plea by man accused of threatening to kill Simon Bridges
A man accused of making a threat to kill Simon Bridges is yet to plead to the charge.
Heartbroken chef may have to leave family in NZ after losing job
'I have no idea how I'm going to live.'
Hospitality industry: 'Why can't we be trusted to open?'
Why some bars will open this week and some won't.
Local Focus: May is ME/CFS awareness month, so what is it?
No end to lockdown for ME sufferers. Made with funding by NZ On Air.
Local Focus: May is ME awareness month, so what is it?
ME affects up to 20,000 people across New Zealand. Made with funding by NZ On Air.
Budget wishlist: What Tauranga environmental leaders want
'Climate change hasn't gone away.'
Budget 2020 wishlist: School principals want funding maintained
Principals reveal what they hope to see come out of this year's Budget.
Local Focus: Foodbanks and commercial kitchens to the rescue
Fresh veg and restaurant quality food for those in need. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Don't pick 'wood-first' favourites - Concrete NZ
Favouring one industry could cost jobs in others, the Government has been warned.
Car v horse: Driver killed after freak crash in North Island
The horse also died in the crash.
Five arrested: Meth, money and firearms seized in drug operation
The National Organised Crime Group carried out 10 search warrants this morning.
Kiwi mum's heartbreak of losing her 'one in a million' baby in lockdown
A mother says protocols could have been different, to allow her family to meet the baby.
Surf's up: Rare wave cloud captured in Bay of Plenty sunset
"Honestly, the photos probably don't do it justice."
Zero covid cases great, now to fix the economy
We speak to community leaders abut the significance of the milestone and what's next.
The school that's bred Black Caps captain, Team NZ skipper and new All Blacks captain
School leader reveals the secrets that helped create sporting heroes.
Body found on boat in Tauranga Harbour: Man charged with manslaughter
A Bay of Plenty man has been charged with manslaughter after a boating incident.
Infamous repeat offender given a lifeline by judge
Infamous offender avoids being sent back to prison.
Exclusive: Lost for 3 nights in the bush - 'they can't believe I am alive'
Liam McPherson: 'On the last day, I just couldn't walk. My body was just drained.'
Local Focus: Music scene hits 'a brick wall'
Gigging musicians adapt in quarantine. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Hunkering down in lockdown: Slips, flooding as wild storm hits NZ
Wild weather across the country has downed power lines, caused slips and flooding.
Wild weather surges north as wind gusts of over 100km/h batter centres
Wind, rain and mild temperatures today but frosty change coming.
Shocked back to life: Burned man's 'miracle' recovery
The inspiring story of one man's nine-year journey of mental and physical recovery.
'We are all just elated': Man found alive in bush after three days
"Cold and weak" but alive after three days in bush.
Where is Liam Mcpherson? Canyon staff join search
Twelve search and rescue teams are looking for the 28-year-old in the Waiorongomai Valley.
Local Focus: Eat Local app taking on Uber Eats for regional hospitality
Takeaways deliveries from a Kiwi-owned company. Made with funding by NZ On Air.
'Surge in separations': Experts expect relationship issues to bubble to the surface
Some people have already called their lawyer about splitting up.
Local Focus: Eat Local app taking on Uber Eats for regional hospitality
Takeaways deliveries from a Kiwi-owned company. Made with funding by NZ On Air.
'I miss my girl desperately': Devastated dad as teen's kidnapper sent to jail
Sister also tells of crying every day as kidnapper is jailed.
Local Focus: Kawerau, Whakatāne and Ōpōtiki on the road to recovery
Eastern Bay towns working together to succeed. Made with funding by NZ On Air.
This NZ town has three McDonald's. They're all closed again - eaten out of stock
"We managed to get a top up yesterday but that was not even close to being enough."