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'Unbelievable': Six dogs returned to home after 55 animals seized
Cats with 'big gashes' and dogs 'chained up on a short chain' have been seen at the home.
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Olympics 2024: Pāpāmoa’s Eva Morris hits the pool over the weekend
It will be an early start on Saturday for Eva's Tauranga Artistic Swimming clubmates.
Lights, no camera: Call for more action on vandals' 'escape route' in Pāpāmoa
Residents 'terrorised' by people throwing rocks at their homes.
School property projects in Bay of Plenty going ahead
Two school property projects in Bay of Plenty are now going ahead.
Only re-elected member of sacked council pleased to 'keep championing the cause'
The Pāpāmoa ward councillor is the only one from the 2019 council to be re-elected.
'I just feel numb': Shock after fire takes out Pāpāmoa home
A house fire started by an electrical fault has left the owner devastated and homeless.
'Terrorised': Rocks thrown at homes, smashed window 'sounded like a bomb'
Frustrated resident stakes out the alley at night trying to catch the vandals.
'Grim scene' as gulls found dead in tyre tracks
A witness says they appear run over in 'a senseless act'.
Gear up for Tauranga’s first Cyclocross
Summerhill MTB Park is preparing to host the event on July 21.
Tauranga mayoral hopefuls want to rewrite major plan
The candidates fronted a public meeting in Pāpāmoa.
NZ Post services to return to Pāpāmoa
Bay of Plenty MP Tom Rutherford says the closure had 'left a huge gap in our community'.
$150m+ investment: Where are eight new Foodstuffs North Island replacement supermarkets going?
Economic downturn didn't dent our food market: biggest owner expanding, replacing stores.
French-owned HEB Construction profit leaps 62% from NZ operations
Business has road, rail, bridge, land, urban development and water projects throughout NZ.
Tasman Holiday Parks Pāpāmoa Beach has had a glorious makeover, and families love it
Introducing one of the biggest, most impressive resort swimming pools in NZ.
‘Beautiful the way you are’: The challenges of mothering an adolescent daughter
Tween life coaching is already prominent in the USA, and in NZ the need is growing.
'Kick in the guts': Tradies 'poaching' work from locals 'rife' amid slowdown
'A high volume of tradies [are] jumping in the ute and trying to grab some of the work'
Family lays complaint after 22-year-old dies suddenly in Middlemore Hospital
The family claimed Jaydyn Barnett was ready to go home but died suddenly after a fall.
'Colossal waste' or 'Godsend'?: Verdicts in on $1.78m crossings
Safety concerns for local schoolchildren had been “alleviated considerably”.
Waikato wheelchair rugby player tackles Outward Bound course
The special programme was developed with Paralympics New Zealand and NZ Wheelchair Rugby.
'Rare human': Tributes flow for tireless 'community champion'
His death on Sunday after a heart attack in Rotorua on Saturday was a 'huge shock'.
Colleagues 'shattered' as 'incredible' local leader dies
'Huge shock - He will be sorely missed.'
13 German shepherds, 40 cats removed from residential home
Seizure of dogs - all underweight and some with parvo - council's 'largest-ever'.
Arrest after alleged stabbing in Pāpāmoa
A badly injured man who turned up at a medical centre this afternoon is now in hospital.
'A nightmare': Mother of Tauranga doctor who disappeared two years ago speaks out
'We still have no news' his mother Karen Holland said today.
'Absolutely not viable anymore': GP clinic serving 6000 patients to close
The owner says closing site was a difficult decision after it lost 'quite a few' GPs.
'Absurd': Fast-growing school hits out after Govt puts 'essential' builds on hold
Education sector should not be the target of 'cost-cutting', says principal
'Increasing buyer activity': Tauranga's average property value rises to $1.09m
The three-month rise was above the NZ average, with two beachside suburbs leading the way.
Tay-Tay, baby (sort of): Teen Swifties' musical tribute to 'mother figure'
Couldn't make it to Aussie? Kiwi group just the ticket for a Taylor Swift fix.
‘Overwhelming' resistance: Residents want city to trim $4.75b budget
The city needs that money to fund proposed projects over 10 years.