Latest from Tauranga

Lives 'torn apart' by boozed, wrong-way driver

Boozed, speeding driver was 'incredibly foolish and selfish', Judge says.

Rising building costs hitting first-home buyers

Uncertainty making homeownership 'that much more difficult' for first-home buyers.

Samantha Motion: The new age of state housing can't come soon enough

COMMENT: It will be messy and disruptive and challenging for some but we need it.

Man convicted of toddler's murder assaulted cop weeks earlier

During the assault the victim was 'thrown around like a rag doll'.

Jo Raphael: The race for 90% vaccination is on and we're falling behind

OPINION: The goal is to get every region to 90 per cent vaccinated.

Hanging on by a 'whisker': How will the Bay regain its economic confidence?

So what is the answer to regaining that economic confidence?

'Warm for October's standards': Heavy rain watch, thunderstorms for BOP

The rest of the year is looking good weather-wise despite a turbulent start to spring.

Rena: A decade after disaster

A decade after the disaster we revisit it to find out what has been learned.

The 90% Project: Burling on board with the Covid-19 vaccine

Now was the time to protect ourselves, our whānau and communities from Delta, he said.

Rob Rattenbury: What is happening with National?

OPINION: Poll results for National Party a 'serious concern' as next election approaches.

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.'

Rain and wind pound region, weather watches in place

MetService has issued wind and rain watches.

Toi Ohomai 'not aware' students travelled from Auckland to attend Tauranga class

"We would have emphatically instructed them to stay in Auckland."

Jo Raphael: This is what I'm grateful for amid the pandemic

OPINION: Gratitude is about looking outward rather than inward.

Baywide rugby final: a word from the coaches

Whakarewarewa hosted Tauranga Sports in the Premier 1 final on Saturday.

Luke Kirkness: The important next step to get out of the pandemic

Opinion: If you decide not to vaccinate then the past two years have been for nothing.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: The layers behind low Māori vaccination rates

OPINION: A message to our vulnerable families - We can't do this without you.