'We're open. We're safe. Keep coming': Sector's message as restrictions ease
Meanwhile, accommodation providers believe there is still a hard slog ahead of them.
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Former top cop says New Zealand is a very safe country.
'It has been a terrible week': Horse trainer sister of Enchanter boating victim has emotional win
Horse trainer Debbie Sweeney's brother died in the Enchanter boat accident.
Drink driver who ran over and killed friend sentenced to home detention
Victim was dragged along a Waihī street after being accidentally run over by his friend.
'So much anxiety': Isolating solo mum's struggle to afford basics shared by many
Omicron: People who have never needed help to afford food are now having to use a foodbank
Mafia-like tactics: How a gang's drug empire came crashing down
Big business: The inside story on the inner workings of a major organised drug operation
'Nah, we'll be right': Drink driver ignored pleas to stop before fatal crash
His friends were screaming at him to stop. But he was drunk, crashed and killed his mate.
School's biosecurity work and dedication recognised
Lynmore Primary School took home the Kura (School) Award at the 2021 Biosecurity Awards.
'Truly overwhelming': Missing doctor's mum and brother join search
David Holland was last seen almost two weeks ago.
'Ridiculous' or worth it?: Tauranga rates could increase 13.7 per cent
Some say it'll be worth it, others say people are already struggling with hardship.
'He has been my rock': Friend of missing doctor holding on to hope
Tauranga doctor David Holland has been missing for nearly two weeks.
Aftermath of tragedy at sea: Yacht sinking survivor's message for Enchanter crew
"... to have been through something like that, and survive, I just shake my head."
'Open border': Cruise industry fears passengers will sail away
'It's not like flicking on a light switch: We need to plan some operators have closed.
Missing doctor a 'lovely soul' - hundreds join search to find him
Hundreds of volunteers join search for Pāpāmoa 31-year-old.
Heavy rain warnings, watches for Northland, Auckland, Coromandel
Heavy rain warning for Northland, Auckland and the Coromandel for Sunday and Monday.
'I'm smitten': An affair to remember in dark times
Sunrise is a reminder of beauty in our broken world.
Simon Bridges on his regrets, mayoralty — and that 'trainwreck' interview
Q&A: The outgoing Tauranga MP gets frank on his biggest highs and lows in Parliament.
School leaders 'very much relieved' for increased access to RATs
Fifty nine per cent of schools in the Bay are managing Covid cases.
Residents face massive bill to fix resort apartments
Work worth $11 million is to be carried out on the 22-year-old building in Adams Ave.
What pandemic? The city experiencing jobs boom in face of Omicron
Employment experts have labeled the jobs boom as "diabolical" and "crazy".
'Decaying democracy': Why I think the situation in Tauranga just got weirder
OPINION: How did it come to this?
'Silent disease': Man loses job, licence and nearly goes blind
'It's irreversible, there's no cure, what you've got is what you've got to live with.'
Who wants Simon Bridges' seat? Hands go up for Tauranga byelection
Tauranga-based Labour list MP Jan Tinetti wants to contest the byelection.
700kg of cocaine seized at border 'destined for another country'
Experts suspect cocaine seized on a ship docked in Tauranga was destined for elsewhere.
The region where kids make up a third of Covid hospitalisations
But children often responded 'quickly' to treatment, the board says.
Luxon: Bridges would have been Finance Minister if National won election
National MP Simon Bridges announced yesterday he would step down from politics.
Opinion: Crisis after crisis - and many families will not survive
MEREPEKA RAUKAWA-TAIT: Collective leadership is needed to sort the country's woes.
Simon Bridges on quitting politics, his legacy - and what comes next
Outgoing MP says he expects a great by-election battle between red and blue for his seat.
National awaits new finance spokesperson after Bridges' departure
National is looking for a new finance spokesman.
'We're all in shock': Friends of missing doctor say he is caring, generous
Police and friends want to hear from witnesses who were on Pāpāmoa Beach on Friday night.
'Absolutely devastating': Principals on proposed ban on international students
Fears of 'huge impact' on school culture.
3-year-old battling cancer ticking off his bucket list
Whakatāne boy Tu Hillman's bucket list of dreams has come true thanks to generous donors.
'No immediate solution': Supply chain woes hit Bay hospitals
The Bay of Plenty District Health board says surgeries and procedures are not affected.
Small Business: Kombucha firm fizzing over expansion possibilities
Good Buzz's new CEO talks business ownership advantages and offshore expansion.