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'Once-in-a-lifetime': Trophy visit kicks off Fifa Women's World Cup buzz

Local Focus: Five games will be played at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton.

Local Focus: Fifa Women’s World Cup visits Tauranga

Hundreds of football fans show-up for once in a lifetime opportunity.

'We are going backwards': City chief issues warning as rates increased

It's "going to be a very difficult year for everyone".

Kiri Gillespie: Ram raids cowardly and lazy crimes

Opinion: Business owners targeted need our help.

Regions will be 'under-resourced': Staff 'blindsided' by proposed job cuts

'The impact on students could be quite severe' - employee.

Bayfair jewellery store burgled

Tools were used to enter the store.

Kai Co-op plan to address poverty and 'cut out the middle man'

'It is about addressing the duopoly that the supermarkets have.'

Flooding and slips throughout Bay of Plenty, 'more rain on the way'

Flooding was reported in Maketu, Paengaroa and Pikowai.

Revealed: The suburbs where everyone selling their home made a profit

First-quarter data also shows some sellers made hundreds of thousands.

Convicted architectural designer gets building licence back - and faces fresh complaint

His history of fines, suspensions and cancellations is not listed on the public register.

'Home will be so empty': Partner's tribute to league player who died after on-field injury

Officials are investigating the 'tragic incident'.

Tauranga Police appeal for help to find man who fled crash and may have jumped into estuary

The man has not been found and police are appealing for help.

Lonely? How to make a new best friend in adulthood

While you can ask someone, “Are you single?”, there's no question, “Are you friended?”

'The lost, the lonely, the battered, and the bruised': The man fixing broken people

Poverty in Paradise: The team that takes on 'those who are in the too-hard basket'.

Auckland to Whangārei in 35 minutes? Northport backs Seagliders

Part seaplane, part ferry, all-electric - and with one big question.

From tailgating to trailblazing: The ultimate traffic hack for commuters

Opinion: Say goodbye to congestion - a solution to New Zealand's traffic woes.

Local Focus: Backyards in front line to making BoP predator free

The battle to bring native birds back to our backyards has begun.

300 new homes: Council to review revised plans for Bethlehem reserve

Parau Farms is still seen as necessary to help address the city's 'critical' shortage.