Latest from Tauranga

Tauranga builder fails with $518,000 shortfall, recession fears raised

"We are now accumulating a backlog of unfinished houses" - National MP Andrew Bayly

Tsunami sirens plan abandoned, considered too unreliable

Concerns were raised people relying on sirens would be let down in an emergency.

'Different story': Earlier bowel cancer screening could have saved her - widower

'She died before she would've qualified to be tested.'

Local Focus: Jan Tinetti on Candidate Camera

Labour's Tauranga by-election candidate Jan Tinetti discusses the big issues on camera.

Local Focus: Sam Uffindell on Candidate Camera

National's Tauranga by-election candidate on why he's the person to replace Simon Bridges.

'Struggling': Bay Oval seeks nearly $2m lifeline to stay afloat

"We are essentially not only burning the candles from both ends but the middle as well."

Zespri financial results: Record year for kiwifruit marketer

Grower returns per hectare were the second-best on record across all varieties.

Harbour dumper: Ex-politician who reclaimed harbour to appeal conviction

The high-flying Aussie politico locked up for reclaiming Tauranga Harbour is back in court

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Life's too short to let whingers and whiners dump their hatred on you

OPINION: Whingers and whiners should ditch the negativity.

Simon Bridges' multi-million-dollar house 'under offer'

The former National Party leader and Tauranga MP has shifted his family to Auckland.

Jo Raphael: Beak Peek or Chin Nappy - there's only one right way to wear a mask

OPINION: There is one visible reminder that Covid isn't over and won't be for some time.

'What a farce': Links Ave petition presentation called to abrupt halt

'We understand it is causing significant disruption to people's lives.'

'So lucky and thankful': Tauranga tennis player receives scholarship to United States university

"I want to play my whole life and see how good I can get."

'Changed beyond recognition': The impact of the pandemic on frontline health workers' mental health

'We're seeing is high rates of depression, anxiety and burnout among health workers.'

Salary movers and shakers: Top 10 jobs that are paying more

Job listings at record levels, wages rising and Aussie calling.

Tripadvisor ranks Bay apartment hotel as among the best of the best

Quest Rotorua Central has been ranked eighth out of 25 top hotels in the South Pacific.

Dawn Picken: Is working from home working for us?

Opinion: Despite calls for workers to return to the office, remote work is here to stay.

'The first question I get asked is if I smoke': Changing how asthma is seen in NZ

Tere Piua hopes sharing her story will change public perceptions of asthma.