Latest from Tauranga

'Hard decision': Rich lister's record $10.2m sale of Mt Maunganui apartment

The penthouse price beats the previous record sale of a Mount home for $9.5m in July 2021.

First Anzac Day dawn service at Pāpāmoa Beach

The service will supplement the Mount Maunganui Main Beach dawn service.

'A win-win for everybody': Inside the new Bayfair underpass

The underpass is not completely finished but is open to the public from today.

Residents angry after years of inaction from Kāinga Ora

Residents are frustrated with lack of action from Kāinga Ora in Tauranga suburb.

Tenants booted from beachfront home after one ran brothel, other spat on landlord

One of the tenants worked as a prostitute at the property, with men arriving at all hours

Sulphur Point car park used to house people isolating with Covid-19

The campervans are intended for people who cannot safely isolate at another address.

In the slow lane: Driver licence test waits cause concern

Advocates concerned about impact of long licence test wait times on young drivers.

Ex-drug kingpin on gun seizures: 'The worst guns' are still with 'the worst people'

Gun Safe was introduced in March 2019 to record police encounters with firearms.

Jo Raphael: Why I'll still be masking up in public at orange

OPINION: Covid is still in the community, which is why I'm choosing to wear a mask.

Your thoughts as bus drivers threaten to boycott bus stop

OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.

Apprentice numbers soar: Trainee builders up 70 per cent but more needed

There's concern that the valuable Apprenticeship Boost Scheme will end in August.

'I broke into tears': Young woman's struggle to find a rental

'The fear kept creeping in. I kept thinking I'm not going to find a place.'

'I'm trapped': Mum and kids live in camp unit for two years as rents rise

Campgrounds, backpackers, RV businesses inundated with desperate home-seekers.

Group behind white supremacist flyers claims it is 'deeply embedded' in NZ

But an expert says he does not believe the claim.

'Too soon to say' how fumigant alternative could impact Port

Use of a gas with 'reduced risks to human health' has been approved for use.

Storm in a teacup: Why is the weather forecast sometimes wrong?

Ex-cyclone Fili was expected to do a lot more harm than it did.

National Party nominations close for Tauranga byelection

The byelection will be held on June 18.

Premium Debate: Subscriber views on injured woman's two-hour ambulance wait

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