Unexploded naval high-explosive shell found at Te Puke residence.

The NZ Defence Force is sending bomb experts to check out the unusual find

The Otumoetai College head prefect will speak at a special service next Sunday morning.

A cycleway between Tauranga and Rotorua has been given $150,000 to make it happen.

A father and son team have been crowned Supreme Winner of the Te Puke business awards.

Anonymous authors' scatalogical slagging of pretty much the whole country is now a book.

Difference between Bay of Plenty fuel prices ranges 20c, if you know where to shop.

The transformation of a sacred pā site in Te Puke has been made possible through a grant.

Susan and Terry met for the first time after a chance test told them they were related.

Police confirmed the crash is a "double fatal" but could not provide more information.

Plucking thief takes the shine off the salad days for community garden.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is reminding farmers to avoid grazing stock on stopbanks.

Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty community award winners revealed.

Te Puke High School is this week's School of the Week.

This district has topped the list since it began in 2014 and easily outstrips Auckland.

Colin McAllister has been involved with Daffodil Day in Tauranga since 1990.

Anglican church dignitaries will congregate this weekend for celebrations.

Bob Dylan is a huge inspiration for Maketū singer.

A vehicle failed to stop for police about 8pm last night.

Police attend crash in Paengaroa after logging truck hit a cow on the highway

Jump in second-half domestic enrolments relieves financially strapped polytechnics.

It was rugby fever in Tauranga as Te Puna and Te Puke went head to head.

Te Puna and Te Puke locals are looking forward to the final this weekend.

George V sat on the throne when Elizabeth Forbes was born

An aged care worker has been awarded $20,000 and the promise of her old job by the ERA.

A man has been taken to Tauranga Hospital following a "fumes" incident in Te Puke.

Kaituna Cut surf casters will need to find a new favourite spot for six months.

The bridge marks the end of a 70km/h zone and the start of 100km/h.

Sport — or more accurately sitting watching it — is bringing people together in Te Puke.

A new collaboration will benefit the health of the Kaituna River. Made with funding from NZ On Air.