1. Mount Hot Pools to close for a month
The hot pools at Mount Maunganui will be closed for most of November to allow due to maintenance.
2. Radiotherapy centre opens early
Tauranga's Kathleen Kilgour Centre, the "most sophisticated and outstanding hospital building in the country", was officially opened yesterday.
3. Firefighters called to Tauranga's new cancer centre
A crowd of about 30 to 40 construction workers gathered outside Tauranga Hospital following a fire alarm this morning.
4. Mounties clean up after 'mini tornado'
Trees were downed, fences pushed over and many Western Bay residents woken up as a "mini tornado" ripped through the region overnight.
5. Papamoa house fire deliberately set
Police are appealing for information about an arson in Papamoa this morning.