Local Focus: American scientist researches the origins of life in Rotorua
Could the origins of life be discovered in Rotorua? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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Shock over Awanui Black abuse allegations impossible to measure
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Mt Maunganui kids' doggy daycare helps fund girl's treatment
Entrepreneurial siblings set up doggy daycare. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Police yet to identify any paedophile victims
No victims have come forward following allegations former politician was a paedophile.
Synthetic cannabis and meths main factors in death: Coroner
An extended delay in effective CPR led to brain injury and death.
Govt signs off $158m loans for Tauranga
The 10-year interest-free loans will support major infrastructure projects.
Local Focus: Doggy Daycare provides safe haven for siblings
Entrepreneurial siblings set up doggy daycare. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Former drug kingpin denied parole over chocolate
Read lost his kitchen job after the allegedly putting chocolate in fellow inmates' meals.
Whatcha' dune? Saving the coastline, that's what
Primary children are helping to replant our dunes. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Schoolkids help to replant our coastlines
Primary children are helping to replant our dunes. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Councils and iwi come together to support Kaituna River
A new collaboration will benefit the health of the Kaituna River. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Widow outs paedophile politician: Louise Nicholas urges victims to speak up
Shock over paedophile allegations and calls for police to investigate.
Local Focus: Councils and iwi come together to support Kaituna River
The health of the Kaituna River is a priority for all. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Is Rotorua our closest thing to Mars?
Is there life on Mars? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'Stop putting cash in cups': Group offers new way to help homeless
A bank and a social services agency are teaming up to address problem begging in Greerton.
Leslie Watson makes 100th climb up Mauao
The 44-year-old has shed more than 30kg climbing Mauao.
Wild weather: Rain and winds cause flooding, power cuts
Petone Working Men's Club was one spot hit with flooding inside the bar.
Widow claims politician husband was a paedophile
Prominent Tauranga leader Awanui Black accused after his death.
Horses and cows: $10.3m Lotto winner's $6m spend up
Lotto Lou reflects on life, $10.3m richer. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Lotto winner spends $6m in a year
Lotto Lou reflects on life, $10.3m richer. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Is there a link between Rotorua and Mars?
Is there life on Mars? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Four suspected suicides in rest homes
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has revised its Suicide Prevention Action Plan.
Mayor and builder query KiwiBuild criteria
Price cap for any KiwiBuild houses built in Tauranga is currently sitting at $500,000.
Man accused of filming women in loos
Tauranga man faces charges of filming of women in public toilets and changing rooms.
Five deny dealing in synthetic cannabis
Five accused of synthetic cannabis supply ring head to trial
Tauranga pair charged with dealing synthetic cannabis and money laundering
Two Poike people charged with synthetic cannabis dealing and money laundering.
Accused revealed in Red Fox Tavern 1987 murder case
One of the men charged with the murder of Chris Bush can now be named.
Shipton-Schollum rape victim: Top cop should go
The woman raped by Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum says Wally Haumaha should resign.
Confident in kiwifruit and avocados
A net 45 per cent of Bay households expect the region's economy to improve in 12 months.
Couple's Cohen passion big as a house
Mr G has spray-painted a realistic portrait of Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.
Tauranga building boom worth half a billion dollars
$516 million worth of commercial consents issued in Tauranga in the past year.
Kiwi angler hooks record-breaking tuna
Five minutes after casting out Helen Horrocks hooked a record-breaking tuna
Sunday night is now curry night for Tauranga's homeless
Volunteers from Te Puke's Sikh Sangat group are putting on free weekly dinners in Tauranga
Police launch homicide inquiry after 2yo's body found in river
Police are speaking to a person of interest.