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'Sickening and depraved': Couple jailed for horrific child sex abuse
A Cambridge woman and her ex-partner have been jailed for 19 and 23 years.
Latest: No Covid cases in the community as lockdown rumours scotched
Health officials have issued a rare notice to ignore fake lockdown rumours.
'Sacred' Te Arawa and Western Bay partnership hailed
Tirity o Waitangi will underpin the new 'sacred' relationship.
'Proceed with caution': Business head's warning over Govt's plans
A business chief said opening the border was a double-edged sword.
Almost 50 per cent of Tauranga port workers unvaccinated
However, a major push to get them their jabs is planned for next week
Cold, hungry and shaking: Teens lucky to be found in Kaimai Range
'They would have gone downhill pretty quickly,' say police of rescued teens.
Eight Covid MIQ cases, Govt's plan to re-open the border
There are currently three people in hospital, including a UN worker.
Luxury lodges, Rotorua redwoods, surf spot road trips: Mere Boynton's life in travel
The Soprano/actor shares her favourite Aotearoa New Zealand holiday memories.
Port workers question if Rio de la Plata workers knew they were sick
The risk to the Tauranga community remained low, the Ministry of Health have said.
Solo mum goes from 'gutter' to beachfront emergency housing
Motel owner: 'It's a supreme location, doesn't mean that it's too good for MSD people'.
Only half of contracted port workers vaccinated - Hipkins
"It is the contracted workers ... proving the most challenging and difficult to budge."
Editorial: Unvaccinated port workers inconceivable
EDITORIAL: We have health & safety conditions to protect workers in hazardous situations.
Tauranga port's exposure to Covid ship erodes faith in system - port chair
NZ's busiest port needs to be able to rely on Govt border security advice, says chairman.
Covid-19: All port workers test negative as Rio de la Plata leaves
The container ship, which left the area overnight, has infected crew on board.
Environment Court rules Mōtītī reefs in need of protection
The Environment Court has ruled reefs around Mōtītī Island need protection.
Covid: Ship pilot's infection linked to Qld taxi driver, abuse 'not helpful'
Health authorities reveal pilot has same Delta strain as Cairns taxi driver.
Tauranga port boss questions quality of Covid ship risk scrutiny
Tauranga port looks forward to an investigation of govt agencies' assessment.
Covid on cargo ship, unvaccinated port workers - how high is the risk?
"There are quite a few things that are on our side" - professor Michael Baker.
Port workers angry over 'shambolic approach' to ship with infected crew
Staff were brought back to work after they'd been in contact with the Rio De La Plata.
Covid-infected ship: Only 9 of 98 Tauranga port workers vaccinated
Nine of the 98 port workers were fully vaccinated and two had received their first dose.
Live: Anxious Covid wait for Tauranga port workers; no new community cases today
More details are expected about a Covid outbreak on a container ship off Tauranga.
Nearly a dozen Covid-infected crew on container ship off Tauranga
Health authorities are investigating the 21 crew on the Rio De La Plata.
Leaving a generation to the 'scrap heap': Child poverty soars
"If we give up, say it's too hard, we are consigning a generation to the scrap heap."
$6.5m in unpaid rates owed to Western Bay of Plenty council
The council says a significant portion of unpaid rates is related to Māori freehold land.
Flesh-eating disease catalyst for life on the street: Book reveals stories of homeless
What started out as a research project has morphed into a collection of personal stories.
Four deaths, five days: How a rampage has left families broken
Three heartbroken mothers speak out about coping with their loved ones' brutal deaths.
'Baby Royal' killer loses appeal against sentence, minimum sentence
Surender Mehrok was jailed for the manslaughter of a 14-week-old boy.
'Anti-vaxxers' under fire for holding public event
DHB advises people to get vaccination information from trusted medical professionals.
'Mana Māori': Tauranga Moana kaumātua Kihi Ngatai laid to rest next to Maria
'He was ready to go'.
Māori flag to fly at BOP regional council buildings
The last surviving designer of the flag says the move is "awesome".
Local Focus: From collection to compost but no plastic please
See what happens to Tauranga's food waste. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'A great loss': How kaumātua Kihi Ngatai, 91, will be remembered
'I don't think he had an equal, not just in Tauranga but in the country.'
Beloved and esteemed Tauranga kaumatua Kihi Ngatai dies
Ngatai, 91, was considered a representative of all of Tauranga Moana.