Custom-built safety devices with GPS are in the works to help keep children safe

From roads to social issues, there's lots on Tauranga residents' wishlists for 2021.

Now the former mayor has been recognised in the New Year Honours for her service.

Helping women and roller sports has meant Judith Lowes now has another string to her bow.

Tauranga's Prue Gooch has been honoured for her services to dance.

Aussie corporates stepping in as a generation of Baby Boomer park owners retire.

'You were always a rebel and always wanted to change the world.'

'I'm not shy at all. I'm just a very private person.'

Lawyer: 'You would be staggered at the stuff that is found on people.'

"I was still expecting that he'd be found but that he'd be dead."

Such trauma is entirely preventable. All it takes a taxi.

Take heed of food safety messages as weather heats up

Gift cards by the bucket load were being cashed in throughout Tauranga shops.

'Honestly, we have a major problem in Tauranga'.

Shopper numbers were also higher than last year in the lead-up to Christmas.

Retirement savings in ruin, a first-home dream destroyed.

And substantial property rates increases could be on the cards for the next few years.

Get out your sunhat - it's shaping up to be a very warm Christmas Day!

'It was going to be such a fiasco of a byelection.'