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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
The incident happened at 6.15am.
Barber shop in Pāpāmoa there for the bros
Barber shop by day – men's mental health group by night.
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?
OPINION: Poll results for National Party a 'serious concern' as next election approaches.
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
A survey of Covid 19 contact tracing rates reveals most businesses are complying.
Mental health and wellbeing assistance is all-encompassing
One in five Kiwis experience a mental illness each year.
Revealed: The most commonly stolen vehicles - and it's not what you'd expect
Find out which types of vehicles are being targeted most often by thieves.
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?
'Long story short we will have more old people than young people to collect tax from.'
'We're heartbroken': Decision made to can major festival
Summer event organisers nervously planning for the months ahead.
'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.
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.
Rain and wind pound region, weather watches in place
MetService has issued wind and rain watches.
'It is a difficult time for all kids': Practice exams under way in Tauranga
A Bay principal says some students are "struggling with anxiety" post lockdown
The Premium Debate: Subscribers have a say on rising building costs in Tauranga
Have your say by going to bayofplentytimes.co.nz and becoming a Premium subscriber.
Life on the frontlines of the vaccination rollout
Meet the nurses on the frontlines of the vaccination rollout.
Squatters, overcrowding products of Tauranga's housing shortage
'No clear answers' to Tauranga's housing shortage and affordability crisis, says council.
Simon Bridges' 'do not seek and you will find' strategy
Judith Collins issued a Never Surrender response to potential challengers.
Letters: SH2 decision shows Govt letting councils down
Our readers have their say.
Toi Ohomai 'not aware' students travelled from Auckland to attend Tauranga class
"We would have emphatically instructed them to stay in Auckland."
'A disaster': Why the costs of building a new home in Tauranga are skyrocketing
Some builders, contractors and homeowners have 'walked away' from new builds.
Gathering cap rise a positive step, business leaders say
The alert level 2 rules will be changed to allow a maximum of 100 people to gather inside.
Jo Raphael: This is what I'm grateful for amid the pandemic
OPINION: Gratitude is about looking outward rather than inward.
Pūrākau O Mauao: Otūmoetai College students put in the work to share local legend
The Otūmoetai College students have been working all year to create Te Pūrākau O Mauao.
'Absolutely' a worry: Why Tauranga is vulnerable to Covid-19
An investigator said the vaccination was a great way to reduce vulnerability to Covid-19.
Covid-19: 'Undercurrent of frustration' over mask wearing
Compliance with people wearing face masks is high, say Tauranga business leaders.