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Two teenagers say a new legal high they smoked contained ecstasy - and left them vomiting with no control over their muscles or bodily functions.

News

Drug leaves teens violently ill (+poll)

Permanent night-time liquor bans along Papamoa's entire coastline are being sought to combat the noise and disorder from late night drinking.

News

Bid to ban alcohol on Papamoa beach

Opposition is mounting among Greerton locals to a local businessman's plans for another alcohol outlet in the area.

News

Greerton liquor store stirs fight

Sickening and cowardly are the only ways to describe what has happened to Black Caps batsman Jesse Ryder.

Opinion

Editorial: Get well very soon, Jesse

Old Mout Passionfruit & Cider is a pleasing blend of apple cider and passionfruit wine - the perfect drop for a long, relaxing afternoon on the deck.

Lifestyle

Quench: Sweet sip to enjoy on a long afternoon

The owners of the Merivale Liquor Centre have come in for criticism for selling the cheapest alcohol in the city.

Opinion

Editorial: Unfair to pick on retailer

By all accounts, this year's Beach Hop was the biggest - with a crowd estimated by organisers to be more than the 100,000 who attended last year - and the best.

News

2013 Whangamata Beach Hop 'one of the best' (+photos)

The article regarding the premises in Merivale that is open early and closes late is yet another example of money making practice and greed ahead of social responsibility.

Opinion

Guest Editorial: Booze in Merivale

A store aiming to sell the cheapest alcohol in Tauranga is upsetting locals, as James Fuller reports

News

Merivale Liquor Center's hours challenged

A Western Bay doctor is backing calls from leading children's health experts to blood-test negligent parents whose actions result in babies' deaths.

News

Blood tests of negligent parents urged

Children with fathers in their lives are less likely to commit suicide, engage in early sexual activity or abuse alcohol and drugs.

News

Having your dad around counts

Stepping back in history provides a fascinating backdrop to stories.

Entertainment

DVD Review: Lawless (+trailer)

My little brother has just welcomed his baby boy into the world.

Opinion

Editorial: Fathers do make a difference

Locals love living in Merivale, but it's a suburb that has problems with wayward youths. Now two mothers want drastic measures to take kids off the streets at night.

News

Call for children's curfew in Merivale

A Tauranga man was critically injured after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a parked car on Birch Ave. The crash happened about 2.30am on Saturday.

News

Critical injuries in crash

It's been nearly a year since New Zealand changed the left-hand turn rule but even now some Kiwis are confused about who gives way at intersections.

Motoring

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New Zealand MasterChef winner Chelsea Winter says sharing a meal is about connecting with family and friends as much as it is about eating. Her style of food is relaxed and she chooses the freshest produce.

Recipes

MasterChef winner's light and fresh menu

Soon the whole city would be a liquor-free zone, Mayor Stuart Crosby said. Should Tauranga get a complete liquor ban? Tell us your thoughts and vote in the poll.

News

Your View: Should Tauranga get a total liquor ban? (+poll)

More people are seeking help for snoring and sleep apnoea in Tauranga than anywhere else in New Zealand, says a leading sleep expert.

News

Sleepless locals seek solution

Drink driver Inderjit Mann, from Katikati, has been jailed for six months after crashing into a garden rail at a local shop.

News

Drink driver jailed for six months

The father of a teenager injured in crash says the way his son was treated made him wonder whether emergency services are suffering "teenage accident fatigue".

News

Father criticises 'teenage accident fatigue'

The New Zealand Transport Agency is working on a bylaw to make it illegal to fish off the Tauranga Harbour Bridge.

News

Harbour Bridge fishers to go

Greerton retailers and schools want a liquor ban because of an increase in drunken and anti-social behaviour.

News

Retailers fed up with drunks

For my two bobs' worth of saying no to a boardwalk. Just a "say let's have a good look at all the options".

Opinion

Tommy Kapai: No thanks to the 'say no' brigade

Random workplace drug testing in the Bay of Plenty is increasing, with 8 per cent of all drug screening tests proving positive for traces of drugs.

News

Workplace drug tests on rise

Te Puke has its own "fastest Indian" and at age 72 John Feaver reckons he's just getting started. "I've been told I drive like a nana", he said.

News

Te Puke pensioner nudges 200km/h

A young girl who died with her sister in a high-speed crash pleaded with the driver to slow down, a court was told.

News

Victim's plea before fatal crash

"Alcohol-fuelled madness" on a Tauranga road led to the deaths of two young teens on Christmas Day 2011, a court has been told.

News

Fatal crash trio deny manslaughter charges

Sentencing for an Arataki man who posed as his older brother in court resulting in his sibling being convicted for drink-driving has been delayed until April 9.

News

Sentencing for an Arataki man delayed

I'm liking the sound of our top cop's move to deal with the problem of drunken bar patrons causing trouble in our inner city early into the morning hours.

Opinion

Richard Moore: Slow drunks out for mischief

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