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Tauranga boy takes away perfect score in global test

Only a very small number of the top students managed to lock down the perfect score.

School principals warn new wave of inequality looms

Govt plans to scrap school donations in some schools mean huge inequities - principals.

Mum sells five-bedroom home to live in tiny house

But trying to fit in with council regulations has been frustrating, woman says.

Call of Duty: How David Cowie is helping the world

Tauranga man has changed the lives of thousands but few have heard of his endeavours.

Let's not get drinks – meet the Kiwis choosing to live sober

Meet your neighbours who choose to live sober.

Person critical after crash in Bay of Plenty, SH1 blocked in Porirua

The person was taken to Tauranga Hospital by helicopter.

'I've had a bad week': Woman whose shotgun blasts closed schools jailed

Woman involved in a shooting prompting two schools to go into lockdown faces her fate.

Local Focus: Aroha's long and frustrating journey to re-divert the Kaituna Cut

Maketū Action Group's last member talks to Local Focus. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Tauranga lawyer Craig Tuck in Julian Assange's legal team

The Tauranga lawyer was with Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London late last year.

Big-budget projects may be deferred as city council aims to keep rates rise down

Tauranga City Council will begin deliberating its Annual Plan today

Local Focus: Locals dig deep to landscape new war memorial

Landscaping funds topped up by neighbouring business. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local Focus: Locals dig deep to landscape new war memorial

Landscaping funds topped up by neighbouring business. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Equestrian, partner face sex charges against young girls

EXCLUSIVE: Sex charges laid after Cambridge woman allegedly groomed girls for partner.

Taming the mortgage monster: Fat loans have families scratching to save

Bay families are juggling monster mortgages with life's other expenses.

Life after leukaemia: Boy no 'wimpy kid' after beating cancer

'You've beaten leukaemia, now what else can you do?'

Bottles dumped on beach in plastic protest

People are protesting against plans to grow the Eastern Bay's water bottling industry.

Seconds to spare: Man saves three people in burning car

"Fatu" Pelurale pulled 3 people from a burning car after it crashed on State Highway 33.

Diary of a daily long-distance commuter

Caroline Fleming drives an hour to work every day - by choice.