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Stingray encounter: Lawyer felt a 'chomp' on his foot at the beach ... then came the blood
Tobias Taane has a 'huge hole' in his foot after a stingray's barb went right through it.
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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Students left waiting over an hour as school bus fails to show in Pāpāmoa
Up to 40 students were left without a bus and others were 'crammed' into another bus.
Govt sets terms for inquiry into deadly Tauranga landslides
Eight people died in two landslides hours apart on January 22.
How To Dad’s Jordan Watson: ‘Cheap and cheerful is what’s worked for me’
Watson’s new RNZ show pits his ‘average Joe’ skills against top Kiwi athletes.
Big business collapse: Director's companies allegedly owe $57m tax
Inland Revenue's probe came after Zespri blacklisted the director's firms in 2022.
Watch: Black Falcons honour landslide victims with display over surf lifesaving event
The carnival moved from Mount Maunganui after last month’s fatal landslide.
Govt confirms it will launch inquiry into fatal Mount Maunganui and Pāpāmoa landslides
There are concerns the council's review could be compromised.
Watch: Man attempting world-record swim joined by orca in shallows at popular NZ beach
Lifeguards tracked the pod along Pāpāmoa Beach to protect swimmers.
Watch: Armed police arrest man after 'firearms incident' in Pāpāmoa
An imitation BB gun was found after police arrested the 18-year-old.
House bus burnt out as missing woman found safe in Kaimai Range
Nicola O'Connor, 42, contacted police herself late this morning.
Have you seen her? Police appeal after Pāpāmoa woman vanishes near Kaimai track
Nicola O'Connor's house bus was found on Rapurapu Track yesterday.
Family displaced by landslide 'lucky' to find new home
Their former Pāpāmoa rental remains red-stickered and is unsafe to enter.
Mt Maunganui: Residents return home as Baypark evacuation lifted
NZ Herald journalist Sam Sherry with the latest from Tauranga.
Vigils, silence and karakia: NZ comes together a week after deadly landslides killed eight
Families and friends have held memorials nationwide for the storm victims.
'Nowhere to live': Home of family forced to flee deadly slip red-stickered
The landslide narrowly missed mum Becks Smith's bedroom in the Welcome Bay Rd rental.
New footage reveals extent of destruction in Pāpāmoa landslide that killed two
Several homes were taken out in the slip, with rubble filling them below mangled roofs.
New footage from above devastating Pāpāmoa landslides
Slips along the hills above Welcome Bay Rd killed two people and destroyed several homes on January 22, 2026. Video / Supplied
Watch: ‘A lamental cry’ - Iwi say father holding vigil at Mt Maunganui slip has lost two children
"I met one parent, he was from Italy. He knows two of his children are still in there."
'She was a hero': Woman trapped under Mount Maunganui landslide was trying to warn others of danger
Young people are among those still unaccounted for at the campground.
‘Oh my gosh, it’s a landslide’: Heavily pregnant woman's terror as family flees in darkness
The couple were evacuated after a landslide hit neighbouring properties.
Pāpāmoa flooding and slips
Flooding and slips in Pāpāmoa. People were advised to evacuate. Video / Supplied
'Thriving city': How Tauranga is racing up the city population rankings
Forecast populations would make Tauranga the country’s fourth-largest city by 2048.
'Stronger together': Pāpāmoa Neighbourhood Support seeks new members
There are areas with no street coverage and a co-ordinator with an 'impossible' workload.
'Impossible': 6yo autistic girl faces deportation to Brazil after visa declined
Her family has been in NZ since 2022 and her parents and brother have visas until 2029.
'It's never too late': Mum with MS starts new career as police officer
Holly Pass initially thought her MS diagnosis would hold her back.
'It's a dream': Disability advocate buys first fully accessible home
Her new home was built 'fit for purpose' with wider doorways, no carpet and sliding doors.
How do architects design homes when they are for themselves?
Could architects say they are the 'perfect client' when they design their own new homes?
Eastern region rescues soar as beach swimmers ignore flags, patrol hours
Surf lifeguards have carried out 93 rescues since October 25 in the Eastern region.
'Lucky and blessed': Shirley Hooper honoured after 50 years of service to women's sport
Pāpāmoa's Shirley Hooper receives NY honour for services to netball and artistic swimming.
New Year Honours: Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Taupō recipients named
They include a former mayor, doctor, and two Citizens Advice Bureau managers.