Latest from Tauranga

'No jab, no job': Port workers wait until 'the last minute' to get vaccinated

From October 1, border workers must have at least one dose to keep working at the border.

'Lying motionless on the road': Dad's plea after teen hurt in crash

The Tauranga father of a crash victim has spoken out about the accident.

How rising building costs are hitting first-home buyers

Uncertainty making homeownership 'that much more difficult' for first-home buyers.

Man convicted of toddler's murder assaulted cop weeks earlier

During the assault the victim was 'thrown around like a rag doll'.

How Waikato alert level change will hurt local businesses

One industry leader says the Waikato outbreak is another nail in the coffin.

Hanging on by a 'whisker': How will the Bay regain its economic confidence?

So what is the answer to regaining that economic confidence?

Rena: A decade after disaster

A decade after the disaster we revisit it to find out what has been learned.

Kiri Gillespie: Rena response could have and should have been better

OPINION: It seemed it was only thanks to thousands of volunteers the beaches were saved.

Barber shop in Pāpāmoa there for the bros

Barber shop by day – men's mental health group by night.

'Not exactly a vote winner': Is it time to start taxing inheritances?

'Long story short we will have more old people than young people to collect tax from.'

Local Focus: Pāpāmoa becoming a surf skate mecca for women

"To see girls skateboarding – whatever they're skating – is just fantastic."

One in five Bay Māori now fully vaccinated

Māori vaccination rates in the Bay of Plenty are behind the national figure.

Man admits inciting hostility towards Māori in video

A Pāpāmoa Beach man has admitted posting a video online inciting racial disharmony

'A long rolling kind of experience': Bay Kiwis in Melbourne react to 5.9 earthquake

Kiwis from the Bay of Plenty say Melbourne's buildings rocked and rolled.

We'll be there: Customers eager to support bakery hit by Covid scare

Uppercrust Bakery was named a location of interest.

Squatters, overcrowding products of Tauranga's housing shortage

'No clear answers' to Tauranga's housing shortage and affordability crisis, says council.