A Hamilton courtroom erupted into chaos as a defendant attempted to charge at the family of a man he allegedly had a hand in killing. Leon Colin Wilson, 49,... Read More

The inaugural chair of Ora Charitable Trust, Les Simmonds, has stepped down after three valuable years of contribution to the charitable trust and the Bay of Plenty... Read More

A Tauranga mother is doing her part to help combat period poverty in the Bay of Plenty. Her efforts are a response to recent figures from Otago University researchers... Read More

Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty have announced a new partnership with Splice Construction as the naming rights sponsor of the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. The... Read More

The first week in December will herald a massive new retail opening in the Bay of Plenty, with the significant first stage of Bayfair Shopping Centre's $115 million... Read More

Bethlehem Birthing Centre celebrates its fourth birthday this week, with more than 1340 babies born since it opened and an increasing number of free services for... Read More

Taupō's mayor says businesses lost at least $1 million as a result of yesterday's power cut, which left the popular tourist centre like a "ghost town". About... Read More

In today's weather forecast we are expecting a fine day at first. Showers following in the afternoon and evening, possibly heavy with hail and thunderstorms. Also... Read More

Arriving vessels, transitional and containment facilities and cruise ship passengers will face new infringement offences for sloppy biosecurity practices that... Read More

Witnesses in the trial of a 14-year-old boy accused of murdering man Kelly Donner have described finding him lying a pool of blood. The trial of one of the youngest... Read More

Bizwinkle may have been a rank outsider to win the Christchurch Casino 155th New Zealand Cup on Saturday but his Tauranga owners knew he was a good chance. A... Read More

There's still been no word on what the mystery noise is that has been puzzling Tauranga residents recently. SunLive has reached out to GeoNet and the Defence... Read More