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'Racial profiling': Māori teen in tears after store employee calls her 'undesirable'
'I don't know why she said that. It has really hurt me."
'Ultimate vibe was whānau': Iwi-led vaccination clinic a 'success'
The drive-through vaccination event took place at Sulphur Point Marine Park on Saturday.
For a foodbank manager, no two days are the same
The foodbank's manager Nicky Goodwin on her eight years at the helm.
Local Focus: Tauranga's representation review – what's changed and why
Next year's local body election will look different to previous ones.
Thousands of new jobs, businesses: Tauriko Business Estate seeks land rezone
Developers hope the council will ask Minister for Environment to help fast-track plans.
Car in harbour: Golf star praises 'heroic' rescuers who tried to save mum
'He couldn't get the doors open and he was basically on his last breath.'
Police name Tauranga woman who died in Chapel St crash
Inquiries into the incident are ongoing.
'Inspiring' drive gets thousands of donations for those in need
The emergency services drive is an annual help for the Tauranga Community Foodbank.
'A second pandemic': $77m spent on mental health services
Bay of Plenty District Health Board has increased mental health spending by nearly $5.5m.
Vaccine pass checks at funerals could become a 'nightmare'
Holding services under the traffic light system are "challenging", says funeral directors.
Three new cases in the Bay of Plenty, one in Lakes DHB
The Government will review traffic light system settings tomorrow.
Premium Debate: Should there be set times for dogs to be off-leash on beaches?
Subscribers have their say.
Council to launch investigation into Chapel St fatal crash
Tauranga City Council is launching its own investigation into the fatal crash.
'Flat out': City the top search for holiday homes as camps, motels book up
Tauranga and Mount Maunganui are in Airbnb's top searched destinations for the summer.
Dawn Picken: This is weird - leaving NZ in the Covid age
I flip out before any trip, but pandemic travel has multiplied my freak factor.
Dogs on beaches: Canine 'crackdown' idea sparks debate
Tauranga City Council commissioners will look into leash bylaws, Anne Tolley says.
'Double vaxxed': Family lived with positive case for two weeks - and didn't catch it
'I couldn't hug my mum': 11-year-old speaks out about having Covid-19.
One-hundred years on, Tauranga's fallen soldiers honoured again
Three history projects have been unveiled throughout the city.
Kulim Park to stay closed to vehicles, for now
Finishing touches to the park's upgrade are still being added.
Felix Desmarais: 'Transgender people exist. We are real, we are natural'
Opinion: Parliament supporting transgender rights is a precious, flickering flame.
Pāpāmoa 11-year-old gets Covid after 'fleeting hug' with unvaxxed adult, says mum
The family's lives have been disrupted for three weeks as a result.
Crash into harbour: Victim was local woman, 65
Police and others have praised the desperate efforts of rescuers to save the woman.
'They hurt people': Call for leashed dogs on beaches after local hero injured
"We really are talking to the dog owners of Mount Maunganui."
'Radical shift': Oranga Tamariki partners with Bay Māori
'Bringing the two waka together so we are paddling together in the same direction.'
New kiwifruit initiative gives back to community
At the same time, it aims to address the labour shortage in the kiwifruit industry.
Calls for mobile testing to reach homeless
It comes as a high-risk location of interest, where the homeless often go, was published.
Trial date set for Waiohau murder accused
Three men will defend an allegation of murdering Whakātane father Jamaine Wharton.
'A dereliction of duty': Extra hospital beds not ready until April 2022
Tauranga Hospital has received Government funding for six extra urgent-care beds.
'It went down so fast': One dead after SUV plunges into harbour
Witnesses rushed to nearby shops to get goggles and dive equipment.
Truck and car roll in separate crashes in Tauranga
Emergency services have been called to three crashes in a short space of time.
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$15K for a beer? Businesses struggling with 'hostile' vax pass customers
One cafe owner said a customer poured his coffee on the floor to show his 'resistance'.