| MOUNT | Tauranga coastal suburb - see 78ac (5,9) |
| MAUNGANUI | Tauranga coastal suburb - see 42dn (5,9) |
| BAKOVEN | Bonk Ave reworded in coastal suburb (7) |
| STKILDA | Coastal suburb of Melbourne (2,5) |
| PORTOBELLO | Edinburgh coastal suburb named after a Panama battle (10) |
| AWATOTO | Coastal suburb of Napier, south of the city centre (7) |
| MANGANUI | Mount ..., suburb of Tauranga (8) |
| PAPAMOA | Largest suburb of Tauranga (7) |
| BEACH | Coastal suburb of Sydney, SE Australia, named from the Aboriginal word for 'surf' (5,5) |
| BONDI | Coastal suburb of Sydney, SE Australia, named from the Aboriginal word for 'surf' (5,5) |
| CLONTARF | Coastal suburb of Dublin associated with a 1014 battle after which Brian Boru was killed (8) |
| GATEPA | Tauranga suburb, scene of an 1864 battle in which Ngai Te Rangi warriors inflicted heavy losses on British forces (4,2) |
| HAIRYMACLARY | Character created by Tauranga author Lynley Dodd (5,7) |
| SIMON | MP for Tauranga who resigned in 2022 (5,7) |
| BRIDGES | MP for Tauranga who resigned in 2022 (5,7) |
| ALBS | Tauranga Cathedral at last starts to back seasonal vestments (4) |
| TUNA | No agar found in Tauranga fish (4) |
| SPORT | Have fun with such as 'Auckland' and 'Tauranga' - put the last letter at the front (5) |
| TOLL | There are three of these type of roads in New Zealand, two in or around Tauranga (4) |
| RUTHE | Sam _ Tauranga athlete who in March 2025 became the youngest person, at 15, to break four minutes for the mile (5) |
