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A 64-year-old man will appear in the Tauranga District Court on Saturday charged with murder.

Police say the shooting of a man in Tauranga was a deliberate attack and it is lucky no-one else was hurt.

Police in Tauranga are looking for a driver who crashed his car and ran away from the scene.

Property sales in May were up 24% on the same month last year, figures from the Real Estate Institute say.

A group of Waiariki elders has been celebrating the opening of new homes for kaumatua over the weekend - constructed through co-operation between Maori and the Crown.

A Bay of Plenty incorporation is to officially open 10 new homes built for Maori on Maori land.

Council fees for building a new house in Tauranga are to be lowered from July in a bid to pull the building industry there out of the doldrums.

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New Zealand ranks high on a worldwide scale for unaffordable housing. Audio

Holiday road crashes take tragic toll; Parklands residents demand the Government write off hundreds of homes; Milford Sound harbour to get $6m upgrade.

A seal pup has made himself at home in a Tauranga house. It is thought to have got through the cat door, before curling up on the couch. Audio

Wednesday's headlines: ''Reluctant heroes" recognised for rescue of injured canyoner from a deep gorge; house attacked with an axe after resident filmed antics of boyracer; city council accused of…

A woman believed to be from Tauranga has been charged in Australia with torture following the death of an eight-year-old girl.

A Tauranga iwi is pleased the Environment Court has quashed a consent order to subdivide a large block of land on an island off the coast of the city.

One person has died in a house fire at a rural property near Tauranga.

A man has been convicted of sex offences against children.

Police Minister Judith Collins has opened a new facility in Wellington that brings police officers investigating child abuse under the same roof as other child protection agencies.

Former Radio New Zealand National presenter, Erin Sinclair, has died at the age of 71.

There are more properties for rent throughout New Zealand than there are tenants looking for accommodation, according to internet site TradeMe.

Property valuer Quotable Value says house prices appear to be stabilising, but there is considerable variability throughout New Zealand.