Loaded guns, 11,000 cannabis plants, 4kg of edibles seized in raid on gang lands
Police arrested 25 people in the five-day operation.
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'Unsustainable': GPs working evenings, weekends to meet workload demands
GPs say time for non-clinical work needs to be 'recognised' and 'remunerated'.
Two people taken to hospital after SH2 crash in Whakamarama
The road was initially closed but has since reopened.
Local riders dominate in first event of Crankworx
Lots of Kiwis on the podium after the Crankworx Taniwha Downhill.
Check your tickets! Three Tauranga Lotto players win $19k
Where the winning tickets were sold.
Former Chiefs' players line up for the Force
Loosehead prop Josh Bartlett is testing the waters in Perth.
Woman's 5-year battle for diagnosis after 'horrendous' symptoms
“Pretty much everyone said, ‘We can’t find anything wrong with you’.”
Police seeking help from public about alleged serious assault in Tauranga
Two people were left with serious injuries at 3.30am on The Strand on March 3.
'Vicious attack': Bashed girl's parents say school 'failed to protect' her
The school is investigating and 'unequivocally condemned' violence in its community.
'They saved this man’s life': Medical staff praised after treating man with stab wounds
Medical centre team “saved this man’s life”.
Drug dealer found with $91k of meth, $14,500 cash three months after prison release
Police monitored meth dealer's phone calls and texts for a month before raiding house.
Arrest after alleged stabbing in Pāpāmoa
A badly injured man who turned up at a medical centre this afternoon is now in hospital.
Person taken to hospital in serious condition after being hit by car
Emergency services attended the scene this afternoon in Welcome Bay.
A 'future slum': Mount Maunganui locals oppose 8-storey apartment building
'Do we want the Mount to become a Gold Coast? No. We want it to remain like a village.'
Free bus fares could be axed after Government pulls funding
The council’s public transport committee discussed its options.
'As a country we don't celebrate things enough' - PM opens $500m The Foundation retirement village
'I think as a country we don’t celebrate things enough,' says Christopher Luxon.
'A new era of public transport': City to trial on-demand ridesharing buses
The OnDemand vans will not follow set routes.
'Flak' and 'shenanigans': Truckie tells how she fought her way to the top
It was a bumpy road but now she's in the 'best job ever'.
'Expensive flop': $75k in public funding for app downloaded 2200 times
Authorities say the ratepayer-funded project is worthwhile and feedback has been good.
Bomb squad disposes of items from imported firearms shipment
A Tauranga building was evacuated after a 'potential explosive threat' was discovered.
Meet the Kiwis who quit the office and earn money while travelling the world
'I get the work done, whatever it takes'
Key BoP-Waikato route to close over five nights
NZTA says a full closure was safer for their crews and road users.
New stadium to be delivered in stages and construction pushed back
Budget restraints have been caused by the need to improve water infrastructure.
Swims, sherries, The Chase, bed by 8pm: 'Easygoing' 82yo seeks flattie
Retired skipper takes flattie search public after reports of elderly housing crisis.
Building evacuated after discovery of 'potential explosive threat'
New Zealand Defence Force bomb staff were called.
Kiwi stars claim back-to-back wins in Mount Maunganui
Shaunna Polley and Alice Zeimann again won the beach volleyball event in Mount Maunganui.
'Horrible': Renter lives every day in fear of getting kicked out
Meet renters expecting to be tenants for life, and those who still dream of homeownership.
'A nightmare': Mother of Tauranga doctor who disappeared two years ago speaks out
'We still have no news' his mother Karen Holland said today.
Death, evacuations and gunfire: Inside Tenby Powell's warzone mission
'You wander around the grave sites wondering how people can do this to other people.'
'Absolutely horrified': Six-storey $100m-plus Mount retirement village under fire
Neighbours feel 'blindsided' and claim they initially understood it would be 9m high.
Closing Pāpāmoa GP clinic to reopen by June under new ownership
Its offering includes virtual appointments with an average wait time of 2.4 hours.
'Flippant': Top school spends $10,000 on principal's farewell
However, the school is defending its spending.