Tauranga council outlays $288K on restructure - and that may not be the end of the spend
A proposed restructure affecting the council's Spaces and Places team is also under way.
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The Government's RSE pilot scheme is one part of the solution to fix the labour shortage.
Three Waters in the Bay: Who's in, who's out, and why that matters
Tauranga and Western Bay councils reveal their concerns ahead of the Three Waters reform.
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Doorway has opened for corporate rental identities 'who only care about the money'.
Canal tragedy: Coroner rules on cause of truck driver's death
John Paul's truck left the road, crashed through a fence, across a paddock and into water.
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Matt Cowley: We need more time to consider Three Waters Reform
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Jo Raphael: Wastewater result shows why level 2 rules are needed
OPINION: A positive Covid test in wastewater will have people on edge.
Tauranga wastewater results come back negative
Covid-19 was not detected in wastewater from Tauranga and Mount Maunganui.
'Be on the alert': More wastewater results due today, hundreds get tests
More testing capacity is available at GP practices in the Greater Tauranga area.
Ex-cop prosecuted over botched castration of bulls in car park
The former cop is one of two men to be charged over the castrations.
Letters: Delta is airborne, so why are drinking fountains closed?
Our readers have their say.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Water reform presents opportunity for National
OPINION: Water reforms are a biggie and will only get bigger.
How Covid-19 wastewater testing works
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Luke Kirkness: My first vaccination went without a hitch. Here's my guide
Opinion: I got my first Covid-19 vaccination on Tuesday. Here's how you can do the same.
Have symptoms? Get tested: 'Low-level' Covid-19 detection in Tauranga wastewater
Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield made the announcement today.
Warning for water users after SH29 chemical spill
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Barber shop in Pāpāmoa there for the bros
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Jo Raphael: Drawing back the curtain on our mental health
OPINION: Gone are the days when you were told to "buck up".
Rob Rattenbury: What is happening with National?
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Paint the town pink: Hot Pink Walk for breast cancer
Breast Cancer Support Service Trust Tauranga is holding its Hot Pink Walk on October 20.
Paper-based contact tracing registers can breach Privacy Act
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Mental health and wellbeing assistance is all-encompassing
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Covid-19: 71 port workers not yet vaccinated in the Bay
All port workers need to have at least one Covid-19 vaccination by September 30.
Samantha Motion: Three waters reform heading up a creek
OPINION: The public engagement to date does not bode well for local input.
'Not exactly a vote winner': Is it time to start taxing inheritances?
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'We're heartbroken': Decision made to can major festival
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'A high personal price': Why Bay teachers and principals are quitting
Former teachers and principals are speaking out about why they left the profession.
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.