Latest from Bay of Plenty

'Visionary' former Tauranga Boys' College principal farewelled

A memorial service for Norman Morris, a former principal of Tauranga Boys' College.

One person dead in crash at Athenree Gorge

The road is closed at traffic is being diverted.

Ex-mayor Tenby Powell on cancer, kindness and living his best life

"... not a week goes by where I don't get a hug from someone saying 'thank you'."

The dying dream: Deposit rates in Tauranga rise $33,000 in 12 months

It comes as CoreLogic data shows a dip in sale values of 1.5 per cent in February.

Tauranga Moana measles campaign launches

A van will also help to access rural communities.

Police release name of man killed in Kaimai crash

The two car crash happened on Wednesday.

Luke Kirkness: We need to be proactive, not reactive

Opinion: We need to start looking further into the future to look after later generations.

Speedway: Dirt track action returns

Two meetings were cancelled due to Covid-19 alert levels.

Local Focus: Meet the commissioners - Stephen Selwood 'Tauranga has suffered'

Former Infrastructure NZ boss on being a commissioner. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Richie McCaw and team isport take second at GodZone

The team travelled 666km in six days.

Second Tauranga meth smuggler convicted in 500kg drug operation

Another Tauranga man has been convicted for importing 500kg of P and P-dealing charges.

Tauranga entrepreneurs take over iconic Rotorua building

The building is almost unrecognisable from its former self.

'It's fairly catastrophic': $3 million business now worth 'basically nothing'

"That's my retirement plan down the gurgler."

Huge support for Peter Burling as America's Cup finals racing begins

Tauranga's own son Peter Burling and Team New Zealand teammates take on Luna Rossa.

Bay of Plenty's kiwifruit harvest begins

There is a forecasted record crop on the horizon.

One person dead after Lower Kaimai crash

Several people were also injured.