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We've seen what happens when Covid-19 vaccination rates are low. Aotearoa can do better.
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Bay businesses are urging people to come out and spend in Delta level 2.
Covid testing capacity monitored in Bay after infected truckie visits
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The 90% Project - Scott Inglis: We still have a way to go - get vaccinated
'Repeated high-level lockdowns will eventually break us.'
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'Only solution': Urgency escalates as vaccination campaign launched
Bay of Plenty leaders back campaign - and urge people to get their jabs.
Claire Trevett: Coming soon - Simon Bridges 2: back in the hot seat
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'Test immediately': Businesses outside Auckland linked to Covid case
A bakery in Mt Maunganui and a petrol station in Tauranga were visited by a Covid case.
'It's too much': Wedding venue to close after Covid level 2 pressure
Waverley on Wairoa will close at the end of November.
'Not adequate': Concern about Auckland border after truckie who visited Bay tests positive
A truck driver who recently travelled to Tauranga has tested positive for Covid-19.
'It's been a boomer': Record month for birthing centre
The centre believes lockdown played a big part in the record number of births.
Heavy rain warning for Bay of Plenty
Expect 70 to 100mm of rain in parts of the Bay of Plenty.
Apanui Primary School fire: Arson charge laid
The fire destroyed the office block and eight attached classrooms in February.
'It was like an investment': Anaru Palmer shares his te reo Māori journey
Anaru Palmer says those keen to learn te reo Māori should "give it everything".
'Enough's enough': Aucklanders in lockdown eye Tauranga properties
REINZ: Tauranga has reached yet another record median house price of $970,000
'If you're that ballsy, then front up': Māori flag designer
Linda Munn was absolutely disgusted someone complained a Rotorua kuia was flying her flag.
Marae renovations help those who lost jobs back into work
Renovations to local marae are not just strengthening buildings but building communities.
Job market holds strong: Why fewer Bay people went on the dole this lockdown
Business leaders say the recovery from lockdown won't be as swift as last year.
Jo Raphael: Collins' attack on microbiologist is baffling
OPINION: Collins should be aiming barbs where it counts, not at microbiologists.
Comment: It's never too late to learn how to cook
OPINION: Cooking is an homage to family.
Buddy Mikaere: Te reo Māori has come a long way since 1972
OPINION: I am proud to see the evolution of Māori language into the national lingo.
Foodbank gives record 74% more food than previous lockdown
The numbers of people needing help since lockdown in August have reached new heights.
Te Rawhitiroa Bosch: 'With another language comes another worldview'
Te Rawhitiroa says his life would be 'pretty vanilla' if te reo Māori wasn't a part of it.
Letters: Open borders? Not without a vaccination passport
Our readers have their say.
'Poor leadership': Former mayor blames successors for wasting millions
The former Tauranga mayor has blamed "poor governance and poor leadership".
Fatal motorbike crash in the Coromandel
One person has died following a motorbike crash in the Coromandel last night.
'It's our privilege': The lives and stories of the Bay of Plenty's lockdown warriors
As the Bay of Plenty went into lockdown a small army of unsung heroes geared up for work.
'I'm so hurt by those memories': Bay of Plenty ex-pats reflect on 9/11, 20 years on
Close to 3000 people died in the September 11 attacks, that changed the world forever.
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"For some strange reason, the kidneys decided to work again."