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Gisborne police arrest four gangsters for intimidating witnesses, threatening to kill

"Police have put a significant effort into executing these arrests."

Tauranga election: Who's running and what you need to know about voting

It's the first election since 2019 when councillors were replaced by commissioners.

Nominations close today for Tauranga's first council election in nearly five years

The last council was sacked in 2021 by then-Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta.

'Baffling': Dad slates govt decision delay building Ōmokoroa a high school

Father says he'll move rather than make his kids bus up to 90 minutes into Tauranga.

Phone data, text message seal meth-making man's fate

Cellphone data put accused man at property where methamphetamine was being made.

Child injured in Pyes Pa crash discharged from hospital

The crash on Cheyne Rd was reported about 4.11pm.

Commission pushes on for taller buildings in Mount Maunganui

Commissioners reject recommendation from independent panel.

Myrtle rust: Mount golf club to fell three pōhutukawa, check nearly 400 trees

About 800 trees are planted on the privately owned 18-hole golf course.

Stories from 56 years of fostering: Part two

'The hardest part is when you see them return or go back to the parent...'

Boatie plucked from dinghy after abandoning burning boat

A man was found in a rubber dinghy after abandoning a burning boat.

'Stay clear': Clean-up continues after new oil slick sightings

The clean-up involves monitoring absorbent booms.

'I went into shock': Tauranga woman overwhelmed by $1m Lotto win

'I have a thousand things running through my mind.'

'We’re just shells now': Jewellers targeted by thieves 9 times in 2.5 years

'I watched people run around in my shop at bloody 4.30 in the morning.'

Police appeal to drone operator near fatal crash scene

One person died in the three-vehicle crash on Sunday.

‘Hiding in plain sight’: Call for law targeting coercive control abuse

Victim advocates argue New Zealand should follow the lead of two Australian states.

Lines company workers save motorist stuck in rising Rotorua floodwaters

The eastern North Island is in the firing line on Tuesday.

'Humble' lines workers save woman from car sinking in floodwaters

She was stuck in the car and the water was up to her chest and still rising, police say.

Ngongotahā Stream subsiding, residents advised to return home

An active front is expected to move eastwards across Bay of Plenty.