Rotorua needs a crisis centre to 'triage” homeless people with mental health and addiction issues, and help avoid the 'bad” and 'entitled”... Read More

A gun, ammunition and drugs were found in a stolen van in Whitianga, police allege. The van was taken from a Manaia property sometime between April 20 and... Read More

You don't have to scratch too deep to find the Northern Ireland connection in Katikati. Stand at any intersection and look up. The street names are innocuous... Read More

Nine times Baywide Premier champions, Tauranga Sports, who had made a slow start to the season, laid down their title challenge in round eleven when they defeated... Read More

Organisers of this year's Matariki celebrations in Te Puke have put tangata whenua at the front of the stage. Sam Hema, director of Hemasphere Ltd Consultancy,... Read More

A Bay of Plenty group that runs activities to promote environmental sustainability buy-in from the community is fundraising for a new heat press to continue... Read More

A pedestrian has been critically injured in Rotorua in a hit-and-run involving a motorbike. Senior Sergeant Roger Schreuder told the Rotorua Daily Post emergency... Read More

An 'old and clapped out” relief fire truck in Tauranga had to be taken off the road for urgent repairs after burning wiring in a battery filled the cab... Read More

'The start of something big” is how a Tauranga tradie sees his future in construction, after being named New Zealand's top building apprentice. Pāpāmoa... Read More

State Highway 25 is closed due to a slip across the road. NZTA Waka Kotahi have reported that SH25 between Hikuai and Whangamata is closed in both directions. "Due... Read More

Western Bay of Plenty District Council has approved the installation of a public toilet at Ōmokoroa's Precious Family Reserve, following months of debate and... Read More

Fire crews from four Tauranga stations were kept busy on Saturday night, responding to two separate house fires in Matua and Mount Maunganui, occuring within... Read More