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For a foodbank manager, no two days are the same

The foodbank's manager Nicky Goodwin on her eight years at the helm.

Local Focus: Tauranga's representation review – what's changed and why

Next year's local body election will look different to previous ones.

Thousands of new jobs, businesses: Tauriko Business Estate seeks land rezone

Developers hope the council will ask Minister for Environment to help fast-track plans.

Car in harbour: Golf star praises 'heroic' rescuers who tried to save mum

'He couldn't get the doors open and he was basically on his last breath.'

Police name Tauranga woman who died in Chapel St crash

Inquiries into the incident are ongoing.

'Inspiring' drive gets thousands of donations for those in need

The emergency services drive is an annual help for the Tauranga Community Foodbank.

'A second pandemic': $77m spent on mental health services

Bay of Plenty District Health Board has increased mental health spending by nearly $5.5m.

Vaccine pass checks at funerals could become a 'nightmare'

Holding services under the traffic light system are "challenging", says funeral directors.

Three new cases in the Bay of Plenty, one in Lakes DHB

The Government will review traffic light system settings tomorrow.

Kulim Park to stay closed to vehicles, for now

Finishing touches to the park's upgrade are still being added.

Felix Desmarais: 'Transgender people exist. We are real, we are natural'

Opinion: Parliament supporting transgender rights is a precious, flickering flame.

Pāpāmoa 11-year-old gets Covid after 'fleeting hug' with unvaxxed adult, says mum

The family's lives have been disrupted for three weeks as a result.

Crash into harbour: Victim was local woman, 65

Police and others have praised the desperate efforts of rescuers to save the woman.

'They hurt people': Call for leashed dogs on beaches after local hero injured

"We really are talking to the dog owners of Mount Maunganui."

'Radical shift': Oranga Tamariki partners with Bay Māori

'Bringing the two waka together so we are paddling together in the same direction.'

New kiwifruit initiative gives back to community

At the same time, it aims to address the labour shortage in the kiwifruit industry.

Calls for mobile testing to reach homeless

It comes as a high-risk location of interest, where the homeless often go, was published.

Trial date set for Waiohau murder accused

Three men will defend an allegation of murdering Whakātane father Jamaine Wharton.