The seven month investigation into the cause of the rockslide in the Mangorewa Gorge on August 6 last year is complete, but investigators were reluctant to attribute blame. Department of Labour Bay of Plenty service manager, Murray Read More...

Tauranga police are hunting for a man they have described as “violent and unpredictable”. He is 32 year old Tristram Jarred Taka, who is believed to be travelling between Tauranga and Hamilton. Tristram Jarred Taka. Taka Read More...

The decision not to raise the Official Cash Rate was necessary because Tauranga’s property market would not cope with an increase, says Quotable Value’s regional spokesperson Shayne Donovan-Grammer. Reserve Bank governor Alan Read More...

Petrol thieves are being accused of accidentally setting a $50,000 piece of orchard equipment on fire after they tried to siphon petrol from it on Wednesday night. Katikati fire fighters were called to the fire at Kauri Pak on Kauri Read More...

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic CEO Alan Hampton says the government’s plan to slash the number of qualifications in New Zealand by 25 per cent is “entirely achievable”. The government has proposed a performance based model Read More...