Latest from Bay of Plenty

Mental health: Fears lives may be at risk as nearly 500 wait for DHB appointments

Two patients have died in the past five years after being triaged but before treatment.

'It's very hard at the moment': Ōmokoroa stores targeted again

CCTV footage captured the incident.

Luke Kirkness: This Government is rewarding laziness

OPINION: It's time to get tough and ensure people are actually trying to find work.

Letters: City should get maximum benefit from elder housing sale

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

'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.

Dr Tony Farrell: Reining in alcohol industry will reduce health burden

OPINION: The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act needs reviewing

'She is my amazing mum and I love her': Mums and their firstborns celebrate their bond

Mother's Day Q&A: Mums and their firstborn children talk about their special bond

'Rock bottom': Tauranga mothers' battles with postnatal depression

Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Week: "A big day for me was brushing my teeth."

Woman dies in hospital after motorcycle crash

The woman was airlifted to hospital after the crash.

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.