A total 293 houses sold in Tauranga last month, with a 3.9% price rise year-on-year.

Event organiser Sam Hema had Ria Hall in mind when he came up with the concert concept.

Woman dies after being hit by a car on Oceanbeach Rd

Tribunal has found that her actions breached "professional boundaries".

Truck driver was busy looking for Mitre 10 entrance when he fatally struck pedestrian.

Police raids across Bay of Plenty after investigation of alleged synthetic cannabis ring.

Offers of support are pouring in for Bella Vista housing victims.

Totara St in Mount Maunganui is closed after a fatal collision this morning.

Busy port and Australian gangs the targets of new police squad in Tauranga.

A paraglider has died at Mount Maunganui (Mauao).

A paraglider has crashed into Mt Maunganui after he lost control of the glider.

Do not touch pufferfish and keep dogs away from these poisonous creatures.

The contamination was caused by a wastewater overflow at Pilot Bay in Mount Maunganui.

Tauranga's Bay Oval could be in line to host a cricket test next season.

There has been a spike of rescues at Karioitahi Beach in the south of Auckland.

An overnight crash at a popular beachside community has put three in hospital.

Homeless man demands pie and claims he had bomb in his bag.

Police say man arrested after reports of stabbing in Nikau Cres, the Mount.

Brazen thieves came in the dead of night to steal a charity's gates right off the hinges.

.Amanda Lowry, "toughest lady in the Bay", nails swimming fundraiser.

Expect Mt Maunganui's Bay Oval to turn on a super-sized game of backyard cricket.

The hole is about 2.5m deep and is located behind a block of shops.

Most teachers feel they have been shut out of developing goals for new groups of schools.

A car smashed into a Gull petrol station on Hewletts Rd, Tauranga.

Actor and New Zealand fan Bryce Dallas Howard is the face of a US tourism campaign.

Health and safety law is threatening access to traditional climbing sites.

One person had to be freed from a vehicle after a crash.

Nine-year-old boy who went missing at Mount Maunganui is now safe back at home.

Cyclone Cook has been one gnarly Easter egg for surfers, offering nine-foot waves today.

Life can be frantic in New Zealand's biggest city - so Aucklanders are pouncing on a new $50m housing development in Bay of Plenty.