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Samantha Motion: Reparation delays add insult to injury
Comment: Ensuring reparation system doesn't re-victimise people is the least we can do.
Cricket: Two sides unbeaten in Baywide T20
Rounds three and four were played in Rotorua on Saturday.
Permanent fix for Oropi Rd sinkhole
The sinkhole appeared near the Oropi Stream Bridge in August
Grandmaster flash: Global chess stars to play in Tauranga as NZ championships
Some of the sharpest minds in the world will descend on Tauranga.
'A bit of a joke': Tauranga's $20m reparation bill
More than $20m in reparation payments remain outstanding in Tauranga.
Call to bring back New Year's Eve party at Mount Maunganui
'It was a national highlight and we closed it down.'
Same patch of lawn for 68 years: Story of the campground
Leonie and Lindsay Tisch cannot get enough of the Mount Maunganui campground.
Radio star Brian Kelly marks 50 years on the airwaves
Tauranga radio host Brian Kelly marks 50 years in radio with NZME, predecessor companies.
Tauranga Half: Course record obliterated
Braden Currie's Tauranga Half course record has been beaten by a large margin.
Local Focus: Life between the flags
A day in the life of a lifeguard. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'Slow down': Welcome Bay residents fed up with crashes
The call follows incident in which a car in a police pursuit crashed through two fences.
Local Focus: Life between the flags
A day in the life of a lifeguard. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Zoe Hunter: Bring back the New Year's Eve party at the Mount
COMMENT: The past few years have been dead on December 31, it's time for change.
Sun, sand and ... hockey?
Mount Maunganui has been the home of beach hockey for eight years.
Fire risk warning: Don't be fooled by cooler summer
Water restrictions might also be on the cards for some areas.
Best of the best: Tauranga's most expensive and most affordable suburbs revealed
Mount Maunganui's median value was $953,400.
Residents fight back at 'scary' and 'intense' fire
"We could hear the crackling of the flames, and see the flames."
Bay pharmacies to roll out free measles vaccines
The last confirmed case of measles in the region was on December 31.
Cricket: Baywide Twenty20 heats up
The Baywide Twenty20 competition is approaching its climax.
'They have lost everything': Family home and garage destroyed by fire
Fire guts a family home and a garage in Kairua.
Rock the boat! Vessel falls on to busy Bayfair roundabout
Motorists would have got quite the surprise on their commute home yesterday!
Police visit rapper on his birthday after music video concerns
''People don't know anything about it, so they can't judge me.''
Up in smoke: Dairy owners' income worries amid calls to ban ciggie sales
Tobacco sales make up a bigger proportion of a corner shop's income than you might think
Esteemed judge remembered for fairness, wit and humanity
"Rob was gregarious, warm, fun, brilliant."
Big ideas: Four visions for Western Bay transport and housing
'We can't all continue to move in cars – we just can't simply build enough motorway.'
Carmen Hall: Cigarette addiction has cost me tens of thousands of dollars
COMMENT: But giving up smoking is not as easy.
Mount golfer aims for three-peat
Dale Clarke is undoubtedly the man to beat at this year's Mid-Amateur Golf Championship.
What happened next: Fighting cancer, and the system
Tracy Barr-Smith says the past year has been full of ups and downs.
'I just can't sit around anymore': Local vet raises thousands for Aussie animals
The Tauranga vet will fly to Australia next week to help out.
Docked in Tauranga and craving pizza during armed police incident
Armed police were on site for 13 hours.
Where to avoid: Major road closures in the Mount
Some buses will also be affected.
'A lovely guy who will be deeply missed': Auckland judge mourned
'Ronayne will be remembered as a very kind, balanced and fair judge'.