Latest from Bay of Plenty

Bay Dreams lineup announced: Drum and Bass on the festival menu

The festival will return to the Mount on January 3, next year.

Child neglect: Police take action against 71 in Bay of Plenty

Figures reveal how many people police took action against in the last five years.

Last goodbye: Kawerau Mill has funeral for past and present staff to reflect

Familiar faces filled the Kawerau Town Hall to reflect on decades of memories.

Wild weather: Tornado, thunderstorm warning for Auckland, Northland, Waikato, Coromandel

Warning of 120 kilometre per hour winds or a small tornado.

'All he wanted was help': Mental health services turned away man who later bashed cops

A man who seriously assaulted two police officers in police cells has been sentenced.

Escape plans and sleepless nights: Bay of Plenty residents fear for family in South Africa

One family had an escape plan ready in case rioters started invading homes.

RSV in Tauranga: 'Older adult' dies, hospital sees hundreds with virus

Cause of adult's death attributed to underlying medical conditions.

Tauranga man who assaulted, bit, spat at police awaits his fate

A Tauranga man has admitted seriously assaulting two police officers.

Local Focus: New 'rainbow hub' opens in Tauranga

Gender Dynamix and Rainbow Youth move in together. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Political Roundup: The Democratic and equity deficits in Three Waters reforms

Equity problems in the Government proposals, Representation and governance concerns.

School uniforms out, brollies and winter woollies in: Wet, windy, cold start to school holidays

"Severe gales" expected for Northland and Auckland, snow for parts of the South.

'Groundbreaking' migrant pōwhiri in Tauranga may become permanent

Hundreds attended what is believed to be the first migrant pōwhiri.

'We pulled it off': Photographer reflects on Rainbow Warrior bombing investigation

Alan Arnold joined the police in 1956 as a trainee cadet.

'We are hurting': Outrage over skilled worker immigration lockout

'There is no indication when those wheels are going to get back in motion.'

'It could be fatal': Mother's warning over RSV danger

A Tauranga mother is afraid to "relive the trauma" of RSV.

Meet the Rotorua man who fought for 40 years for folic acid in bread

When Lyall Thurston's son was born in 1983, doctors said he had 24 hours to live.