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'Our staff deserve it': Business owners adopt new $20 minimum wage
The adult minimum wage increased to $20 from $18.90 per hour on April 1, 2021
Kiri Gillespie: Knowing how to do this could save lives
Opinion: Training worth the investment - and miracle survival stories reinforce this.
One year submerged: Vehicle recovered from bay
To access the bay, a barge had to sneak under the Maungatapu Bridge at low tide.
Tauranga port bulging with diverted Auckland imports
Tauranga port container terminal operating at 101 per cent capacity: ideal 75 per cent.
'I didn't want it to end': Paddle board mission a success
The weather gods played ball as Jimmy Dow took on a mighty challenge.
Local Focus: Pāpāmoa Hills upgrade on track
The coming together of three waka. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'Hold them tight': Father excited to see Aussie-based kids again
The bubble date with Australia has been set.
Treasured Art collaborates to support local charities
The exhibition runs from May 10 to 16.
House prices: Second Tauranga suburb joins the million-dollar club
CoreLogic's Mapping the Market report reveals most expensive and cheapest suburbs
Who are the Western Bay of Plenty byelection candidates, and what are their plans
Ten candidates but one constant theme - rates, and what should be done about them.
Cup champ Peter Burling home to see sailors who helped shape him
Hometown hero back in Tauranga to mark yachting club's 100 years of sailing.
Easter sport: Speedway season ends with a bang; world ODI record set at Bay Oval
Forget Easter egg hunts, the Bay turned it on for all the sport nuts this weekend.
Local Focus: Popular Waterline educator retires after 16 years
Adrienne Rickey looks back at teaching 39,000 children. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
Easter road toll: Tauranga woman dies in crash near Taupō
Two people dead, several others injured in the western Bay of Plenty and Lakes areas.
Tourism NZ forecasts $1b boost if transtasman bubble opens
Aussies are already making plans to visit in the lead-up to Tuesday's travel announcement.
Smooth sailing: Yacht club of Olympians - including Cup hero Burling - marks 100 years
All hands on deck for Tauranga Yacht & Power Boat Club centennial this weekend.
'Phenomenal result': 50 per cent of Tauranga's new luxury apartments sell off plans
Twelve of the 24 luxury Luxridge Apartments planned for 1-3 Selwyn St have now been sold.
Swimmers urged to watch out after great white sharks spotted off Tauranga, Mt Maunganui beaches
Report details of sightings, captures or strandings to the Department of Conservation.
Easter hunt with a $2500 twist launched
The hunt brings Pokemon Go! and invasive pests together.
Local champs feature on Baypark speedway's last night
The Easter Saturday event is the 16th race night of the season.
Masked gunman admits Tauranga dairy robbery
Tauranga man pointed pistol at shop attendant and demanded cash and cigarettes.
Bayfair underpass build begins: Traffic lanes on the move
The Bayfair roundabout will be closed on April 13 as a result.
Bay of Plenty firearms dealer admits charges
The man had associates buy guns that he sold on the black market, police say.
Jo Raphael: Easter the perfect time to spread kindness
OPINION: Easter's the time to pay it forward.
Cameron Rd overhaul: Car parks lost and found and lessons from Greerton 'fiasco'
The question is: 'Can Tauranga keep doing what it's doing?' The reality is that it can't.
Your long weekend guide: Bumper line-up of Easter events in Tauranga
Thousands of visitors expected to descend on Tauranga this Easter weekend.
'This is so predictable. Rates up, bureaucracy up, and still no results'
But the spend-up has been justified as helping deliver city's biggest shake-up in history.
Letters to the editor: 'No' to fluoride and 'yes' to education
OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Commissioners call to rid plan of 'council speak'
"It's all hands to the pump here and ... that message is not being told."
Claim infrared sauna kills tumours slammed
Experts slam unproven claim offering what they consider to be 'false hope'.
Can you cut your toenails? The answer is a clue to how you're ageing
A new DHB app helps people spot signs of ageing and gives tips on how to reverse them