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Lawyers frustrated with 'slow process' of courthouse revamp
'No cockroaches, better access, no mould ... ' Just some of the dreams of local lawyers.
'It was the best they had ever seen me': Tauranga youth compete in Taekwan-Do nationals
More than 250 people from across New Zealand came to compete.
Local Focus: Tips and tricks for your new bins
Get the most out of Tauranga City Council's new bins. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
War veteran 'honoured' to receive Anzac quilt
Mount Maunganui veterans have been presented with Anzac quilts, honouring their service.
Leah Tebbutt: Racist ideas ensured my strongest connection to my whakapapa is a man no longer here
OPINION: My Poppa is my identity to te ao Māori
Dawn Picken: Listen up, I've got something to say
OPINION: We know when someone's focusing on our words and when they're not.
Going, going, gone: Radio host Will Johnston signs off for new career
'I have absolutely no regrets': Will Johnston is leaving radio to be an auctioneer.
City cost equation: what is dictating kids' study futures?
Can students realistically go to the best university for their future career?
'Disgraceful': SH2 road project u-turn slammed
MP 'furious' and community has 'immense anger' after highway funding axed.
An 'exceptional' business leader moves on
Profit is not a dirty word, says this champion of the mixed ownership business model.
National 'dodged a very big bullet' with Jake Bezzant scandal, Collins believes
National Party selection processes need to be more robust, says leader.
Volcanix squad named for 2021 campaign
The Volcanix start their season against Auckland on Saturday, July 16.
Paedophile convicted, but police worried there may be more victims
Jared Lammas was sentenced to four years and five months in prison.
'The world went black': Runner goes into cardiac arrest during marathon
Young mother's life saved by first responders at Hawke's Bay Marathon.
The big one! Giant doughnut-eating competition returns
Participants will have to devour a monster doughnut the fastest to take first place.
Glen Crowther: Tauranga City Council needs a sustainable plan
Opinion: The numbers don't stack up for this LTP to deliver affordable housing.
Jo Raphael: School leaders burning candles at both ends
OPINION: A happy medium needs to be found for burnt-out school leaders.
Letters: Treatment of speaker at ratepayers' meeting shameful
OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Beaten, robbed, bullied: City's only women's shelter tells of violence on streets
And the night shelter can only afford to be open five days a week.
New Lotto millionaire claims prize after daughter's text
A Triple Dip from the Bayfair Shopping Centre led to a million-dollar win.
Free dental care in BOP thanks to stranded aid ship
Medical aid ship is now delivering free dental care on land.
Man arrested in armed raid released from hospital
The 36-year-old was found in need of medical assistance after police entered the property.
When Doreen 'met trouble': Couple celebrate 70th wedding anniversary
Kemp and Doreen McGechie reminisce on the past 70 years of their married lives together.
Stevedore part of plot to smuggle hundreds of kilos of cocaine into NZ
A stevedore is accused of being part of a plot to import cocaine into New Zealand.
Passing lane on SH2 to close over safety concerns
'Ideally we would have provided more notice about these works taking place,' NZTA says.
Shark meat seized: Investigation first of its kind in 10 years
It comes after the grisly discovery of a dismembered great white at Pilot Bay last month.
Ōmokoroa town centre plans under way
Design plans for the future Omokoroa Town Centre development have begun.
Offering Tauranga Māori right of refusal on council land met with legal warning
Some are warning of legal dangers of the proposed move while others welcome it as overdue.
Great white shark meat seized in Tauranga
Great white sharks are protected under the Wildlife Act 1953.
Suburb Spotlight: TV star new Pāpāmoa police chief
Suburb Spotlight: There's a new sheriff in Pāpāmoa and he's a familiar face.
'Unacceptable': NZTA puts brakes on $8.5m Totara St cycleway
Cyclists 'gutted' and 'frustrated' by delay in project, following two deaths on the road
'Rat runner' heavy vehicles banned from urban Mount Maunganui streets
But not everyone is happy about it.