A total of 19 candidates will be vying for a seat on Tauranga City Council in the upcoming by-election, after a vacancy was created following Councillor Gail McIntosh's... Read More

Police inquiries into the cause of a suspicious garage fire in Mount Maunganui last Thursday are continuing. Police were called to the scene on Carysfort Street... Read More

Leaving developers to inform council policy on housing outcomes for Tauranga has been slammed in a housing report presented to councillors. The Tauranga City Council's... Read More

A logging truck has blocked State Highway 30 in the King Country. Police were called to the incident at 9.13am on Monday when a truck carrying logs went into a... Read More

The trial of a man charged with the murder of 22-year-old Chozyn Koroheke in April has begun in the High Court in Auckland. Turiarangi Tai, who has links to the... Read More

Following five years of strong growth, new statistics have revealed Tauranga to be the top performing city in New Zealand across all key measures of economic activity. In... Read More

Planning is well under way for this year's BOP Garden and Art Festival, with a new festival hub and principal sponsor just announced. Festival director Marc Anderson... Read More

Whakatane Mayor Tony Bonne has urged district residents to complete their household and personal 2018 Census forms on or before Tuesday March 6, and if they can't... Read More

One man's own 'stupidity” could have cost him the ultimate price in Whitianga. A young man lost his temper and punched a shop window on Albert Street in the... Read More

There's a good chance the North Island and the top of the South will be hit by thunderstorms today. During the afternoon, wide areas of the country have a risk... Read More

Nearly 10 years ago he was ranked 51st on the National Party list and preparing to take on Winston Peters in Tauranga. Now, Simon Bridges is the 12th leader of... Read More

Tauranga fans of the Star Wars franchise have been remaking their own full length versions of Star Wars movies. Rosalie Liddle Crawford caught up with the group... Read More