Latest from Bay of Plenty

'I just cried': 32-year-old's Stage 4 bowel cancer battle

Rachael Ferguson now wants the screening age lowered to 35.

'Like a dark blanket that covers your life': Depressed mum 'not critical enough' for support

"She looks at me and goes 'mummy do you not want me any more?'"

Woman killed in motorcycle crash named

The crash happened around 2.40pm on Saturday on State Highway 2, Pongokawa.

Lakes and Bay of Plenty allied health staff strike begins

The strike aims to achieve better pay for its allied health workers.

Rob Rattenbury: Pākehā need to be trusted with referendum on He Puapua

OPINION: We need a referendum on He Puapua, because progress depends on public support.

Civic precinct, infrastructure funding and rates: People to say what they think

The council received nearly 1200 written submissions, some are being spoken to today.

National launches Tauranga byelection campaign: Sam Uffindell 'humbled' to be candidate

"I think with Sam, we're on to a real winner," leader Christopher Luxon tells crowd.

Anne Tolley to business leaders: We're changing the council's culture

Commission chair Anne Tolley outlines the needs for Tauranga at City Leaders Lunch.

Doctors told her she was just overweight - turns out, she had ovarian cancer

'Something needs to change, you can't just push it away as women's problems.'

Two crashes in the Bay

A car and campervan collide just after and a motorcycle crashes.

'We wonder why we work': Desperate family does not qualify for Govt help

Chris Luxon: 'It's heartbreaking' hearing stories from people in the squeezed middle.

A 'constant reminder' to do better: Oranga Tamariki CEO on 5yo Malachi Subecz's death

The agency is conducting an independent review into whether it failed Malachi Subecz.

Luke Kirkness: I've started vaping - and I'm on the way to getting hooked

OPINION: I've picked up a bad habit that is hard to shake despite not being a smoker.

Ram raids are violent, thuggish and dangerous

OPINION: Grumpy old men and women have been sounding the warning for years.

Gone by smoko: Workers quitting on first day, other staff 'tired and stressed out'

'Mental health tsunami is coming' as labour shortage hits workers left to pick up slack.

Oranga Tamariki investigates how system failed murdered 5-year-old Malachi Subecz

'This is an absolute priority for me and I will have more to say' - Oranga Tamariki CEO.