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Plans for $4.57b spend up to help Tauranga cope with growth gets green light, for now

A month of public consultation is expected to follow.

Three car crash outside Tauranga Hospital

The crash was reported to police at 8am.

Then, now and beyond: Tauranga's future and population predictions revealed

What were once small, coastal centres is now the city in the fifth biggest city in NZ.

Gridlock: Two years on, Tauranga traffic 'definitely no better' - former mayor

Tauranga transport leaders promise progress on potential big-ticket items.

'I dug deep': Bay man graduates after year of loss and setbacks

Spoffit Reid is confident about his business after graduating from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

DHB failed in its care of mental health patient - commissioner

The DHB CEO has apologised to the family of the young man.

Couple on trial after two men shot dead in Ōmanawa

An Auckland man is on trial accused of murdering two men at an Ōmanawa property.

Rob Rattenbury: A reckoning is coming over the history of New Zealand

COMMENT: Many will feel ashamed about what they learn, writes Rob Rattenbury.

Luke Kirkness: why Greerton is the place to be in Tauranga

Opinion: Luke Kirkness's take on the suburb that's full of character

Review: Wowed by Westside Theatre's West Side Story

West Side Story is on stage until May 8

Samantha Motion: We need a living wage to ease impact of rising rents

Opinion: Shocking accommodation supplement stats show full-time workers are struggling.

Opinion: The local government system is broken

Opinion: What government does now could make or break the future of our growing region.

More counterfeit money found in Bay of Plenty

Police are finding more counterfeit notes.

Man jailed for posing as teen to lure schoolgirls into the bush for sexual acts

A Mount Maunganui man has been jailed for sexual offences against four teenage girls.

Gridlock: Tauranga's traffic levels drop, data shows. But why?

New figures reveal fewer people appear to be driving to work.

Emergency accommodation support services lack a 'moral failure' by Govt - social housing provider

The Government is now spending nearly a million dollars a day to put people up.

'New look': Mt Maunganui property sells for record $9.5m

The $9.5m sale was a record for the region, says REINZ

Seven appear in court after drug raids

Seven people have been charged with a raft of drug-related charges.