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Tauranga rates set to climb 3.8pc
RATES BUMP: City-wide rates for Tauranga are proposed to lift by 3.8 per cent this year. PHOTO/FILE A_140515gn38bop.JPG By John Cousins Tauranga
RATES BUMP: City-wide rates for Tauranga are proposed to lift by 3.8 per cent this year. PHOTO/FILE A_140515gn38bop.JPG By John Cousins Tauranga
Brent Bourgeois and Nathan Pettigrew arrived in Mt Maunganui tonight after paddling and kayaking from Auckland.
A young Tauranga couple are building their dream home for no more than $40,000.
A $5 million dollar proposal to build a state-of-the-art tourist information centre has been approved by Tauranga City Council, but in a digital age could there have been a different way of supporting tourists. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
A $5 million dollar proposal to build a state-of-the-art tourist information centre has been approved by Tauranga City Council, but in a digital age could there have been a different way of supporting tourists. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The last-surviving member of the trio of women who created the Tino Rangatiratanga flag speaks out about that important time in New Zealand's history. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The last-surviving member of the trio of women who created the Tino Rangatiratanga flag speaks about that important time in New Zealand's history. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Bishop Brian Tamaki, the leader of Destiny Church, said in a tweet that he was praying for a "miracle" for his little brother.
A child has been flown to hospital after a collision between a rubbish truck and ute.
A mockup of what The Mall (Pilot Bay) would look like - one-way for motorists with a separated cycleway. Photo/supplied Pilot_bay_mockup_correct_di Adams
By Ruth Keber HARD TIMES: Paul Hilliam remembers the Christchurch earthquakes six years after the devastated the South Island city
A Tauranga school principal says substandard housing in the city is making children sick - with 11 of her pupils hospitalised within
The 17-year-old granddaughter of the late Sir Howard Morrison was killed in a car crash in Auckland - she is being remembered as a "shining light".
A Tauranga man caught importing ecstasy powder and tablets, who claimed he got the idea from watching a television programme, has
A Tauranga man has snared one of the biggest awards in the visual effects industry for his work on Game of Thrones. Caleb Thompson
Double-murderer Jason Reihana was treated at Waikato Hospital earlier this month next to patients unaware they were sharing a ward with him.
Shelley Crooks has returned home and taken her first steps on crutches, after her incredible survival after being lost in rugged West Coast bush for six weeks.
Workplace safety legislation that came into effect last year has influenced two award-winning local companies in a range of ways
A local property owner in Waihi Beach is at odds with the Western Bay of Plenty District Council over the management of an erosion control project that affects his land. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
House sales and the median value of homes sold in Tauranga dropped in January.
A Tauranga mother feared her 3-year-old child had been snatched when he went missing at Bayfair for almost half an hour. Mum-of-two
Corey Fluerty's bike was stolen but he got it back yesterday.130217gn12bop.JPG By Scott K MacLeod and Kiri Gillespie Bikes are vanishing
A young man ran into a burning home to save an injured puppy as flames tore through the family cottage. The fire, which destroyed
A Whangarei orchardist is hoping to emulate the success of his mentor, who took out the 2014 Young Fruit Grower of the Year in the Bay of Plenty. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
A Whangarei orchardist is hoping to emulate the success of his mentor, who took out the 2014 Young Fruit Grower of the Year in the Bay of Plenty. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Freedom camping is "out of control" at Mount Maunganui, with one beachfront overnight park-up spot crowded with 17 vehicles when only
TONGUE-PIERCER: Art + Body owner Julie Paama-Pengelly watches Siobhan Mikaere demonstrate the piercing of Sunny Yu Sun's tongue. PHOTO
120217gn08bop.JPG Checkout operator James Bowkett. New World Brookfield is the latest store to have a winning Lotto ticket sold at
The Police National Dive Squad is on its way to Lake Rotoiti to help look for a person who was seen to "go under" on Lake Rotoiti yesterday.
Western Heights High School has gone into lockdown.