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Love for dogs creates close bond for Tauranga neighbours
Julie Boniface is “truly a giving person.” I know my dog is safe with her.

'Right time, right place' - Tauranga meteor captured on camera
A meteor that flashed across the dark Tauranga sky over the weekend was captured on security camera.

Watch: NZ Wars - Stories of Tauranga Moana
Stories of Tauranga Moana recounts the events that unfolded in the Bay of Plenty and their far reaching consequences for future generations.

Roadworks, construction have Tauranga businesses fighting for survival
The city centre is undergoing a major transformation and while businesses can see the good in it, they are battling to stay in the game in the meantime.

Tauranga council commission request for hybrid model turned down again
Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has also rejected the commission's recommendation that a Crown observer be put in place.

Tauranga's speed limit proposal met with warning from minister
The council is currently consulting on a proposed blanket speed reduction to 30 km/h in the city centre and a mix of variable and permanent speed limit reductions around schools and marae.

Tauranga to host national iwi forum
Tauranga is set to host the next National Iwi Chairs Forum from 1 to 3 May. The hui will bring together iwi leaders from across Aotearoa to deliberate on issues...

Tauranga boarding house fails healthy homes standards, owner ordered to pay tenants
The owner did not provide proper heating, hot water nor kitchen facilities, but charged ex-prisoners high bonds.

Tauranga bars to close earlier under booze rule changes
From July, bars in Tauranga CBD will close at 2am instead of 3am.

Council agrees to buyout for slip-damaged Tauranga homes: ‘Intolerable risk to life’
Homeowners in a Tauranga suburb are closer to a solution after council agreed to fund a buyout with the government.

Major geomagnetic storm lights up parts of New Zealand
From Invercargill to Tauranga, people were able to see Aurora Australis overnight after a major geomagnetic storm hit Earth.

Armed police at Tauranga Hospital amid lockdown over threat
Armed police are at Tauranga Hospital after reports of a threat made in a phone call.

Mata - Tauranga Moana, repeal of 7AA, and the Iwi Chairs forum
Today's episode of Mata explores the Waitangi Tribunal claim over the repeal of section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act and what's on the agenda at the National Iwi Chairs Forum.

NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana - a personal perspective
When Justine Murray returned to her hometown Tauranga in 1998, it was only then she heard about her eponymous tupuna, Paraone Koikoi.

Nominations open for Tauranga City Council local elections
The Bay of Plenty city will hold its first election in almost five years - and there's expected to be a lot of interest.

Housing crisis: Tauranga residents living in boats, vans
The city is "not coping" with its biggest issue, its commission chairperson Anne Tolley says.

Tauranga to hold local body elections in July for first time in four years
It has been four years since Tauranga had a council but the city will finally have local elections again in July.

Tauranga's $200m Elizabeth Towers development opens doors
The major development is part of a push to get residents back into the heart of the city.

Fifty kilograms of cocaine captured on way to Port of Tauranga
Eleven arrests have been made after a group of men were preparing to recover the cocaine, police say.

Ngai Tahu uses storytelling to prepare for future earthquakes
Ngai Tahu are weaving matauranga Maori and their own creation stories with scientific knowledge to help boost earthquake preparedness.

Person arrested after threat plunges Tauranga Hospital into five-hour lockdown
Armed officers were stationed at the hospital doors after a "threatening phone call".