Latest from Tauranga

Jo Raphael: Easter the perfect time to spread kindness

OPINION: Easter's the time to pay it forward.

Can you cut your toenails? The answer is a clue to how you're ageing

A new DHB app helps people spot signs of ageing and gives tips on how to reverse them

Jo Raphael: I didn't master any skills over lockdown

OPINION: Everyone experienced lockdown differently but we were in it together.

Bay of Plenty player wins a Second Division

Eight Lotto players, including one from Bay of Plenty, each won in Lotto Second Division.

Currie and Wells claim Ironman New Zealand titles

Braden Currie was the winner of the 2021 Ironman New Zealand held this weekend in Taupō.

Dawn Picken: Government's fluoridation decision the right call

OPINION: Too many people choose to do nothing when it comes to public health

Jo Raphael: This is tiresome, misogynistic and so last century. I'm over it.

OPINION: The critics need to get with the programme - or change the channel.

'Golliwogs' cafe owner: 'People aren't racist against Barbie dolls'

A Bay of Plenty cafe has been called Golliwogs for 18 years.

'Raw and naked debate': should council workshops be open to the public?

Over three years, 31 councils held 737 informal meetings in secret.

Confidential council forums under the spotlight

When is a meeting not a meeting?

Opinion: Is there a power imbalance between Government and individual citizens?

OPINION: We must balance our over-familiarity with a healthy emotional distance.

Jo Raphael: Curb first-home expectations

OPINION: Look at houses below the median house price for bargains.

Oh buoy! Burling's boating club overjoyed at America's Cup win

Club members are always hopeful about the results.

'Mature presence': Pāpāmoa woman oldest police recruit in 40 years

Lynda Perry says becoming a police officer was 'all I've ever wanted to do'.

Ex-All Black Liam Messam gloves up for nephew

Liam Messam dons his boxing gloves to support nephew's health battle.

Jo Raphael: March 15 terror - we hope this never happens again

OPINION: Second anniversary of "one of New Zealand's darkest days".

National Jazz Festival giveaway: City set to come alive

Be in to win tickets for the annual festival being held in Tauranga.

'Without funding we would have already closed': International student numbers plummet

Toi Ohomai international student revenue drops by $10 million.