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Bayfair exploring new tenants for former Imbibe bar site
Bayfair Shopping Centre's leasing team is exploring options with potential new tenants.
Many Kiwis scrambling for keys to the castle
OPINION: Investment in shares may be the way to grow a deposit for a home.
Local Focus: Building future scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians
Getting kids to solve problems "from the ground up". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Jo Raphael: Cut speed limits outside schools ... now
OPINION: Universal school speed limit reduction is a no-brainer.
Watch: One year after the eruption - Whakaari commemorations
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the fatal eruption.
Opinion: Relationship building needed for our youth
OPINION: The recurring theme of the truancy crisis is a breakdown in relationships.
Bryan Gould: Investment bank could be a panacea to economy woes
OPINION: Government could establish an investment bank to stimulate economy.
Samantha Motion: When roads become bitumen battlegrounds
Opinion: We all play a little justification game to excuse our bad driving behaviour.
'Cut up like a wild animal': Attack leaves teen needing 300-plus stitches
A Tauranga teenager lost three litres of blood and needed more than 300 stitches.
Business Digest: Businesses encouraged to get financially fit for new era
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New jobs put bright spin on redundancies
Redundancies have opened new doors for two men in the Bay.
Why ketamine is being trialled as an antidepressant in the Bay
The new drug trial is looking for participants.
Dawn Picken: Big Brother is watching
OPINION: Facial images may be collected at a distance, without consent or knowledge.
Opinion: Permanent fix needed for hole created by migrant labour
OPINION: Investing in local labour is a permanent fix to the seasonal labour shortage.
Samantha Motion: Concerns over homeless stem from pride of place
Opinion: It's time for some straight answers and real solutions on emergency housing.
'Critical': Bay retailers rely on Christmas shopping season post Covid-19
Bay of Plenty shoppers spent $43.7m between November 29 and December 1 last year.
Real reasons people refuse to catch bus
Surveys reveal why some people refuse to catch the bus.
Jo Raphael: Royal Commission of Inquiry needed into violent child deaths
OPINION: Too many children are dying at the hands of those supposed to look after them.
Kieran Madden: Ardern's disappointing reaction to child poverty pleas
Opinion: Child poverty will be an election-defining, touchstone issue this term.
Bay of Plenty man denies murder, trial to come
Man accused of fatal stabbing appeared in court.
Strike action withdrawn by St John Ambulance staff
St John Ambulance staff and FIRST Union have withdrawn planned strike action
"Take extra care': Heavy rain warning issued for BOP
There is a heavy rain warning for the Bay of Plenty region overnight.
Samantha Motion: It's not fair to say renters just shouldn't get pets
Opinion: Tenants with pets are being put through the wringer in the rental market.
Jo Raphael: World leaders to blame for virus deaths
OPINION: The coronavirus seems to be ramping up.
Bay's tragic weekend: Two deaths and woman critically hurt
Police are not saying how a woman in Kawerau is believed to have been critically injured.
Critically injured woman flown to Tauranga Hospital
The woman, believed to be in her 20s, is in a critical condition.
Diabetes shock: I watched my boy's health deteriorate
OPINION: Type 1 diabetes is a cruel, fickle disease.
Dawn Picken: He'll be right: non-conformity is the new norm
OPINION: Why would we say hurtful things about people who don't conform to gender norms?
Jo Raphael: Roading upgrades need blue sky thinking
OPINION: Safety and population growth should both be considered when upgrading roads.
Samantha Motion: Yes, our region is beautiful - but it can be deadly
Opinion: Recent water tragedies and mishaps in the Bay of Plenty should be a reminder.
Top Bay men's sevens players to face off against next generation
NZ Sevens coach Clark Laidlaw says selectors did fantastic job unearthing potential stars.
Mongrel Mob president and his son guilty of drug-dealing
President of the Kawerau Mongrel Mob and 6 others have been found guilty of drug dealing.
Kristin Macfarlane: Who are the ignorant people flushing wipes down the toilet?
Opinion: Say it with me: Wet wipes do not get flushed down the toilet.