'No place like home': Why record numbers of Kiwis have returned from Australia
The number of Kiwis returning home from Australia has jumped by 46 per cent.
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80-year-old man charged with murder in Mount Maunganui
The woman, 78, was found deceased at the address.
'Like snow': Hailstorm stops cars on State Highway 33
A sunny day quickly turned into a driving hailstorm in the Bay of Plenty.
'It felt liberating': First-time voter encourages young people to have their say
Younger voter enrolment rates lag behind those of more senior citizens.
Animal Justice Party Bay of Plenty candidate, Caitlin Grattan
An insight into Animal Justice Party Bay of Plenty candidate, Caitlin Grattan.
75-year-old Kiwi proves you're never too old to travel solo around the world
Think hostel-hopping around the US is just for youths? Think again.
No changes: Ranfurly Shield-winning team named to play again on Sunday
The 23 who lifted the Ranfurly Shield have all been named for Sunday's NPC quarterfinal.
'Excruciating pain': Car crashes into bedroom inches from sleeping mum, daughter
Renea Wharekura thinks every day how lucky they are to be alive.
'Disaster waiting to happen': Hospital staff raise alarm about theatres
Internal emails reveal staffer called situation "totally unprofessional and unacceptable".
Sonya Bateson: Life is about to get harder for low-wage workers
OPINION: Paid parking zones are going to cover an extended area.
Intensification plans for Mount Maunganui ‘extremely irresponsible’, hearing told
"Slowly being poisoned": Marae rep concerned at intensification, air quality.
'Better have a lot of paint': Message to vandals who painted over te reo Māori
'Most New Zealanders ... see te reo as something that is part of their identity.'
Demolishing the construction gender gap: Inside the push to get more women tradies
'Having the right crew to work with' is key, says a 23yo woman with all-male colleagues.
Baywide cricket: All you need to know as season starts
The new premier cricket season kicks off with two weeks of the Baywide T20 competition.
Golf club's bid to rezone land for up to 20 houses riles neighbours
The club's lawyer says it has "very conscientiously consulted" about its housing proposal.
Remembering Jason Wynyard: Cuttin’ for your country
A tribute to Jason Wynyard and New Zealand's proud history of woodchopping.
In-flight entertainment: Seymour makes dramatic entrance at Tauranga meeting
He argued school attendance rates are a bigger crisis than Covid.
'Racist behaviour': Te reo painted over on 40+ waste bins in Tauranga
'This is not who we are, or who we want to be' - Tolley
'An inspiration': Ryan Fox asks 12-year-old sensation to caddie for him
Bayleigh Teepa-Tarau has a chance to help out the best.
'Justice for our people': Ngāi Te Rangi iwi take protest to steps of Parliament
Ngai Te Rangi have protested at Parliament over their stalled treaty settlement
Salvage of 15m launch that sunk off Whitianga delayed
The vessel struck rocks near an island.
More bus 'troublemakers' coming, driver warns as security bill hits $1.7m
'The risk is that it could blow up at any time.'
Regional council spends $7m on consultants
A breakdown of who has been paid for what has been revealed.
'Unprecedented': Medical centre gifted to local iwi
The change in ownership will 'better serve the community'.
Coldtober! Mercury plunges, but warmer weather on the way
Region felt the cold this morning.
How to talk about death: Former hospice nurse's advice on facing 'the inevitable'
"The only way to get to those deeper levels is to have those deep conversations."
Tauranga needs more homes but housing intensification 'difficult'
City council has its say as hearings on intensification plans get under way.
Man who feared ending up on the streets calls for rent cap
Tauranga electorate candidates respond to Malcolm Stanford's story.
BoP woman gets home detention for Covid wage subsidy fraud
She was sentenced in the Tauranga District Court.
'It saved my life': Breast cancer survivor calls for extended screening age
'Extend the age up for our kuia and lower it for our wāhine,' Kirihi Murray says.
'High-risk hazard': Revised tsunami maps would have most in some suburbs flee to higher ground
An area previously listed as 'safe' is now at risk of inundation - but new refuges found.
Fishing season opens with trout up to 3kg caught
Reports of good-sized fish being caught on lakes Tarawera and Rotoiti, with some over 3kg.
Plans announced to build country's largest EV charging hub in Tauranga
Stage one of the charging hub was expected to be complete by the end of 2024.