Latest from Bay of Plenty

Local Focus: Accessible hotspots 'a game-changer for disabled people's lives'

Tauranga City Council invests $4 million to improve access to local facilities.

Dismissed: Court refuses to release man who illegally reclaimed Tauranga Harbour from custody

Tio Faulkner claimed that due to being tangata whenua, he was being detained unlawfully.

Police identify man found dead in Tauranga Harbour

Emergency services were alerted yesterday morning to a body in the Tauranga Harbour.

Hopeful retailers face Omicron uncertainty

Businesses already dealing with life after lockdown are now bracing for new Covid variant.

In the red: Setting will lead 'haemorrhage' economy, business owner says

New Zealand was moved to the red traffic light setting at 11.59pm on Sunday.

Illegal shellfish collecting on the rise as more people 'rip bust and leave bare'

Warning issued that our shellfish stocks will crash if overharvesting continues.

Battle begins: Many keen to fill four vacancies on Bay conservation board

There is a surplus of nominations for the Bay of Plenty Conservation Board.

'It's life or death': Man in MIQ bed battle

'What I don't understand is if we're not suitable for an exemption to MIQ, who is?'

Council pools, libraries will require vax pass in red

The PM has said NZ will move to red within 24-48 hours of Omicron being in the community

Man appears in court charged with murder of David Kuka

David Kuka was murdered at his Pyes Pa address almost four years ago.

New record for Ōhope house sale

"The market in Ōhope was still going strong."

Unvaccinated police and firefighters stood down

Unvaccinated Bay of Plenty police and firefighters stood down from frontline duties.

Unvaccinated Bay police and firefighters stood down

More than 200 police officers nationwide are yet to be double-vaccinated.

'Heinous, sick, twisted': Family harm reports rise, violence 'more blatant'

The number of callouts have increased over the past five years.

'Grind businesses to a halt': NZ will move to red if Omicron breaks out

New Zealand will move to the red traffic light setting once Omicron enters the community.

David Kuka case: Second man charged in execution-style murder

Nearly four years after David Kuka's death, a second man has been charged with murder