Latest from Bay of Plenty

Zizi Sparks: Why Black Friday isn't just another American fad

OPINION: Not everything about consumerism is bad.

Helicopter rescue: Woman winched from boat in Coromandel

A crew from the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust was called in to make the rescue.

New kiwifruit testing lab to create 80 jobs

There are 80 positions available at a new sample collection and lab testing service.

Local Focus: Age Concern volunteers rewarded by local travel operator

Volunteers can start friendships that go on for years. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'Critical': Bay retailers rely on Christmas shopping season post Covid-19

Bay of Plenty shoppers spent $43.7m between November 29 and December 1 last year.

Letters to the editor: Welfare nation has become a too well-fed nation

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Resentment to relief: St John strike canned after last-minute agreement

Tauranga was said to be one of the main affected areas, if the strike went ahead.

Christmas Appeal: Tauranga gyms are pulling their weight

Tauranga gyms are pulling their weight, but they need your help.

State Highway 24/Tauranga Rd closed at Te Poi after crash

A crash involving two trucks and a van means SH 24/ Tauranga Rd at Te Poi is closed.

Avocado industry appoints first chairwoman

She is the first female in the position in the 40-year history of the organisation.

Letters to the editor: Parking meters a simple solution

OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.

Whakaari / White Island eruption: Who could WorkSafe charge?

More than 25 fulltime WorkSafe staff have been involved in the probe over the last year.

Jo Raphael: Royal Commission of Inquiry needed into violent child deaths

OPINION: Too many children are dying at the hands of those supposed to look after them.

Christmas Appeal: 'Big thank you' for big tubs of margarine

Bakels have donated over three tonnes of margarine to the Tauranga Community Foodbank.

Woman in sex trial has dependent personality disorder, court told

A psychiatrist has told a court that woman on trial for sexual crimes suffers from PTSD.

Pet food company cops $66k fine over big stink

Judge: 'Being in an industrial area is not a licence to discharge offensive odour.'

'Only in Ōpōtiki': Walk of shame for emu after runaway escapade

First it was roaming horses. Now Ōpōtiki has its own wandering emu.

Zizi Sparks: Time for major review of local government

OPINION: When tensions and problems cost money and affect progress, things need to change.