Latest from Bay of Plenty

New Fish and Game chairman learnt to fish before he learnt to ride a bike

Ngahihi Bidois is believed to be the first Te Arawa chairman of Eastern Fish and Game.

Pāpāmoa 11-year-old gets Covid after 'fleeting hug' with unvaxxed adult, says mum

The family's lives have been disrupted for three weeks as a result.

'They hurt people': Call for leashed dogs on beaches after local hero injured

"We really are talking to the dog owners of Mount Maunganui."

'Radical shift': Oranga Tamariki partners with Bay Māori

'Bringing the two waka together so we are paddling together in the same direction.'

White Island: Finger pointed back at WorkSafe

WorkSafe has charged 13 parties with health and safety breaches.

When you need a vax pass and when you don't - your traffic light questions answered

The differences between green, orange and red are important to remember over summer.

'Total insanity': Seymour slams Govt over $70m land purchase

But housing minister says private developers would not deliver the housing Tauranga needs

Rotorua sex toy thief jailed for 'crime spree'

Homeowners feel "utterly betrayed" after being targeted in meth-fuelled crime spree.

Maungatapu School confirms Covid-19 case, bowling venue 'high risk' location

The news was announced on the school's Facebook page.

Finger-gunpoint arrest tale told as respected top cop retires

Competent, dignified and a quiet achiever - Mark Loper loved to catch the bad guys.

Businesses concerned about revenue as traffic light system starts

'We just have to push through and we'll do it until we can't afford to.'

The 5-year hunt for Comancheros gang boss

Exclusive: NZ in talks with Turkey over return of 'international commander'.

'My rage is just, I want to kill everybody': Jury finds stabbing accused guilty

Wilson Wirihana was found guilty of manslaughter.

Simon Bridges on his week of 'ups and downs'

The MP says he has 'bounced back' after leadership contest.

Sisters appear in court charged in connection with Te Puna boy's death

Malachi was found with injuries at a Te Puna property and died 12 days later.

'Just trying to survive': Cafe trials vaccine pass ahead of traffic light system

The cafe trialled using vaccine passes the day before the traffic light system started.

'Throttled by number restrictions': Tourism operators concerned about red traffic light

Rotorua and Taupō will start in the red traffic light setting today.

Live: 172 Covid cases ahead of traffic light move; 10 new cases near Nelson

Eighty-six people are in hospital and nine are in intensive care.