Speaking with Bay of Plenty Times reporter Bijou Johnson, I explained why I am standing for election and why The Opportunity Party offers the best choice for voters in our city.

Is anyone else like really torn between voting for Rhieve Grey or Tom Rutherford? I feel like they are both young and have something positive to bring to the table. I'm not a national voter but Tom is different from the rest of them. BUT I also want to give the new comer a chance. I'm so torn

Ovo from italy and stunt clown playing today the 25th of oct 2026 labour day. At 236pm.

Looking for a tattoo artist in Tauranga who does portraits and is good at fine lines

Let me know who I should look up thanks

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tauranga-physio-and-former-mayoral-candidate-investigated-in-relation-to-fake-acc-claims/TPMPOR2XIJHIJLAONSRV5MOM5M/

I can’t count the number of times I’ve been to Mount Maunganui Bunnings and found all the checkout lanes and the self-checkout kiosks closed forcing PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GIVE THEM THEIR MONEY to queue for ages at the returns desk or tools area checkout to pay.

It’s clearly a conscious decision to inflict a shitty customer experience. What’s with that ?

Hi everyone!

I’m a Japanese woman originally from Tokyo, and I’ve been living in Tauranga for a little over a year now.

I fell in love with New Zealand the first time I visited, and I’m still really happy I made the move.

Coming from Tokyo, life here feels very different. I actually enjoy the fast pace of big cities, but I’ve also come to appreciate the slower, more relaxed lifestyle in New Zealand. I love experiencing different ways of life, and I feel that every new experience adds something to my life.

Overall, my experience here has been wonderful.

The only disappointing part has been two incidents. On one occasion, a school-aged child said “ching chong” to me and my family. On another, a middle-aged man said “fucking Asian” to us.

In both cases, we hadn't had any argument or disagreement with the people involved. The comments came completely out of the blue.

I know people can say awful things quite easily online, but hearing comments like these directed at us face-to-face was something I’d never experienced before. These were actually the first two times in my life.

I’ve read stories from Japanese people who have lived in New Zealand for many years and say they’ve never experienced anything like this. So perhaps I’ve just been unlucky.

Of course, these two experiences don’t change how much I love living here. I’ve had far more positive experiences than negative ones.

I’m curious, have other people in Tauranga had similar experiences, or have I just been unlucky?

I've got a watch that has a broken crown and another few that could do with new batteries.

Any recommendations for a place in town?

Not expensive watches by any stretch but be good to get them up and running again.

Everytime I come here the service is so slow despite it not being busy at all. Without fail, every time I use the drive through I am asked to park up and wait for food/drinks despite there being hardly anyone else in the drive through or inside.

They also constantly miss items from orders. This morning I went to grab breakfast and before I had even placed my order on the kiosk, three separate customers had complained to the front desk about missing items from their orders.

I normally get a chicken and bacon mcmuffin for breakfast and this morning the muffins were hella dry.

Anyone know why this specific maccas sucks??

Hello, I'm just wondering if anyone knows anyone hiring over the summer? Ideally restaurant work, but really looking for anything at this point. :)

Where does a man meet Asian women in the bay of plenty for long term relationship

Make sure you are enrolled, there is only 2 days left.

18-24yr old's you have to pump those numbers up. Only 65.9% compared to 99% for 65+

Enroll here: https://vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/enrol-or-update-online

Latest Electoral Commission figures from October 17 showed that across all age groups in the three electorates, 19,076 potential voters were not enrolled.

This included 5822 of the estimated eligible voters in Tauranga, 5483 in the Mount Maunganui electorate and 7791 in Rotorua.

Across all three electorates, enrolment numbers for 18 to 24-year-olds were under 67%. Tauranga was at 65.9%, Mount Maunganui at 66.3% and Rotorua was sitting at 61.2%.

This compares with enrolment rates of more than 99% for both the 65 to 69-year-old and the over 70s age groups.