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There can be few things more shattering for families than for one of their kin to take his or her own life.

Opinion

Garth George: We've devalued the sanctity of life

A spike in elder abuse reports shows the Tauranga City Council has a lot of work ahead before it can claim to be New Zealand's first Age Friendly City.

Opinion

Editorial: Age friendly strategy has a way to go

Reports of elder abuse in Tauranga jumped by almost 50 per cent last year, new figures show.

News

Elder abuse cases skyrocket

Good manners when dealing with people is one of the most important things that those involved in contact with the public can be taught.

Opinion

Richard Moore: Chilly staff make blood boil

A proposal to allow the development of luxury rest homes is unlikely to create a class system in the Bay, according to an elderly advocacy group.

News

Luxury rest home won't create elite

$Osteoporosis affects a large number of New Zealand seniors: half of all women and one-third of all men over 60 will suffer an osteoporotic fracture. One-third of those who fracture a hip will die within one year.$

Lifestyle

Ask Dr Gary: Save your gums

Accidents in the home injured more than 50,000 people in the Bay of Plenty last year - at a cost of $41 million.

News

Bay home injuries cost $41m

A Bayfair couple due home from Australia today will be assessing the damage caused by an arson attack carried out while they were away.

News

Returning homeowners in for shock

A new Facebook page encouraging people to identify motorists stealing disability parking spaces has been launched as calls mount for tougher policing.

News

Anger over car park sneaks (+poll)

Police and fire investigators are investigating a suspected arson after a fire extensively damaged a Bayfair couple's home early this morning.

News

Suspected arson Bayfair home

Tauranga not-for profit organisations are bracing for funding cuts.

News

City hit by community cash cuts

The warning comes after a Tauranga woman was sent a personalised letter from Spain. The letter had authentic-looking markings from an overseas postal service.

News

Scam warning for elderly

Unions have slated newly announced labour laws, but Tauranga employers say the controversial changes are a step in the right direction for small businesses.

News

Cheers, jeers for labour law changes (+poll)

Others might have given up on them, but one Papamoa couple demonstrates even the most troubled youngsters can have their futures changed with the right approach.

News

Giving kids a new horizon

A car has driven into the Westpac bank building on Katikati’s main road. The accident happened just before noon today.

News

Car drives into Westpac bank in Katikati

A drive to make Tauranga more age-friendly will start with improving the acoustics in the Tauranga City Council's debating chamber.

News

Elderly residents voice concerns (+poll)

The local Grey Power president has criticised plans to centralise hospital food and reheat Meals on Wheels for Bay pensioners.

News

Grey Power slams reheated food plan

Rangi Oliver is looking forward to welcoming the younger generation of her whanau to Mangatawa.

News

New homes strengthen ties to family

It's A solemn moment when I'm presented with the tall bundle of yaqona (kava) root and asked to lead our group into the Fijian priest's house.

Lifestyle

Fiji safari: Drink it all in

The use of $2.6 million in taxpayer money to help fund a Maori community housing scheme has been slammed by Bob Clarkson.

News

Anger over homes for Maori (+poll)

Bed space at Tauranga Hospital is scarce during cooler months as patients with winter-related illnesses swarm to the hospital for help.

News

Bed space falls in cool months

With winter around the corner, many will be bracing for another season of high power bills and damp, cold homes - forcing some to reassess their heating systems.

Business

Finance: How to tune-up home heat

Tauranga iwi are meeting Maori King Tuheitia in an annual show of allegiance for the Kingitanga.

News

Annual show of support for Maori King, Tuheitia Paki

A scene of a crash on SH2 near the intersection of Welcome Bay Rd was so serious looking it is a miracle no one was killed, says Te Puke fire chief.

News

Lucky no one died in crash, says fire chief

Emergency services are on their way to Heron Ave in Matua, where an 78-year old woman is believed to be hit by a car.

News

Elderly pedestrian hit by car in Matua

Emergency services and paramedics are at Bayfair shopping centre where a car has driven into the ANZ bank building.

News

Car drives into ANZ Bank at Bayfair

A Tauranga woman is facing a careless driving causing death charge after an elderly woman was hit and killed while on her daily walk.

News

Careless driving charge

While some Taleban will disagree, there is a joke that NATO really stands for 'No Action, Talk Only'.

Rural

The Offal Pit: Is strong wool NATO?

Western Bay power bills jumped by nearly $140 in the last year and some consumers are having to cut down on expenses such as fuel as a result.

News

Power prices surge in the Bay (+poll)

Peter Gilling is to trial a surgical procedure that uses water to make incisions in the prostate, developed by US company Procept BioRobotics.

News

Water-based surgery a world first

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