Latest from Tauranga

Serious injuries after person hit by car in Tauranga

Police are trying to find the driver.

Red wash: Data shows how Labour smashed National's stronghold in the Bay

Labour won every electorate in the region for party votes for first time in 18 years.

'Meth rage': Father on trial accused of murdering his 2yo daughter

Jury must decide if defendant was insane at the time.

Is this the new leader of the Māori Party?

Waititi says it could "naturally fall that way" but he wasn't his party's only leader.

Young Innovators tackle Covid-19 challenges

Celebrating Tauranga's most innovative students. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local sport and community groups awarded $540k

More than 40 sporting and community groups received funding.

30km a day! Teen to run the length of New Zealand

Shay Broomhall aims to run from Cape Reinga to Bluff while raising money for a good cause.

'I'm just buzzing': Labour mandate has list MP Jan Tinetti on cloud nine

'I am just happy to be there and be there for Tauranga.'

Kiri Gillespie: Tide has changed on Muldoon-style politics

OPINION: There has been a shift in what people want from the politicians they elect.

Bay of Plenty councillor returns to barbering roots

Bay councillor Stacey Rose is loving his dual roles as an elected member and a barber.

Tauranga councillor resigns, calls for commissioners

Mayor 'saddened' but not surprised: 'Jako hasn't been happy'.

A face full of bugs leads to a lesson in biodiversity

OPINION: "We must rewild the world."

Mexican drug cartels could be behind multimillion-dollar P bust

Organised crime groups have Tauranga and Auckland on their radar, says Customs.

Ferocious weather first claimed their life raft, and then their yacht. This is how three Kiwi sailors survived

Help came from above, and just in time.

Letters to the editor: We don't want council bins

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Hardship: Millions pulled from KiwiSaver

First home buyers and hardship main reasons for Kiwisaver withdraws.

Mauao records 800,000 visits to summit last year. Should we let the mountain rest?

Thousands reach the summit of Mount Maunganui daily, but a day of rest is important.

Small rise in first-time offenders as Covid 'impact' felt

But the district commander says it is only a "blip" and crime as a whole is down.