Here are ten stories from the past seven days that got your attention.
Read more: Inside story: uni no longer a dream
- In less than five years Tauranga will have its own university campus, promising courses linked directly to local industry and a huge boost for the Bay of Plenty's economy. Michele Hunter investigates what a university in the heart of the CBD will mean for Tauranga.
Read more: Grants to help first home buyers
- Twenty million dollars worth of support is being offered to the Bay of Plenty in a new housing scheme.
Read more: Migrants make beeline for Bay
- Tauranga is becoming a magnet for migrant workers as immigration numbers soar.
Read more: Bike-crash man praises 'life saver' after close call
- "I thought he was a goner." That was local hairdresser Cliff Harris' first impression when he saw blood "fountaining" from Avenues cyclist Richard Schrama's face after he slammed into a car door.
Read more: Retirement homes no answer for ageing population
- Imagine Tauranga and the Western Bay with ghost suburbs of empty retirement villages..
Read more: Tauranga hit hard as flu cases surge
- Bay of Plenty schools and hospitals are being hit with a surge in flu cases.
Read more: Luxury home sales soar
- The number of million-dollar plus homes selling in Tauranga is on the rise, new figures show.
Read more: Driver in 20m plunge returns to ute after crash
- The driver of a ute that plunged 20m down a hill after a collision with another car surprised onlookers by escaping the wreckage and then scaling back down to fetch his belongings.
Read more: Rugby: Royal raring to go for Maori ABs
- When Joe Royal first made the Maori All Blacks in 2013, he told the Bay of Plenty Times he "would rather play for the Maori All Blacks than the All Blacks".
Read more: Home detention for iron bar attacker
- The man who threw an iron bar at a car, which lodged in another man's head, was today sentenced to 10 months home detention.