Tauranga Council gives its 1299 staff more than free flat whites - $128 million in salaries and extra staff benefits. Read...

Tauranga Mayor says the focus should be on `big issues`, not coffee costs. Read...

On a Saturday night in suburban Tauranga, five carloads of drunk and angry Mongrel Mob members turned up, looking for a fight. Read...

One young person was arrested and police say efforts to identify and locate the other individuals involved are ongoing. Read...

Renee Kelly Vanry, 57, silently wept in the dock at the Tauranga District Court as she was sentenced for her role in a horror SH5 crash that left 12 people injured. Read...

The 57-year-old van driver has been charged with careless driving causing injury and is expected to appear in the Tauranga District Court. Read...

OPINION: What is truth, and who gets to decide what it is? They concluded that the established power elites in your society make that decision. Truth becomes subjective. Read...

Two matches remain in the series, with the next match at Tauranga`s Bay Oval on Sunday. Read...

Tauranga`s Sam Ruthe, 15, has become the youngest runner to break the 4-minute mile. `He`s always been quite a shy kid,` his father says. Read...

The 15-year-old from Tauranga has made plenty of history over the past four months, culminating in this week’s historic sub-four minute mile. Read...