House sales and the median value of homes sold in Tauranga dropped in January.

A Tauranga mother feared her 3-year-old child had been snatched when he went missing at Bayfair for almost half an hour. Mum-of-two

Corey Fluerty's bike was stolen but he got it back yesterday.130217gn12bop.JPG By Scott K MacLeod and Kiri Gillespie Bikes are vanishing

TONGUE-PIERCER: Art + Body owner Julie Paama-Pengelly watches Siobhan Mikaere demonstrate the piercing of Sunny Yu Sun's tongue. PHOTO

A Mount woman has set up a petition calling for an ocean pool to be placed at the base of Mauao or on Leisure Island. Stephanie Bevington

Nails, staples and glass are being left on the beach from fires lit from pellets. Photo/George Novak 220117gn05bop.JPG After finding

A Tauranga barber will travel the length of the country to promote Lifeline and stop the stigma surrounding mental health. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A Tauranga barber will travel the length of the country to promote Lifeline and stop the stigma surrounding mental health. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A number of residents are being evacuated following a chemical spill in Mt Maunganui.

Police are "generally pleased" with behaviour at New Year's Eve celebrations across the country and say there were no significant issues or incidents reported.

A person is seriously injured after an early morning crash in Mt Maunganui.

Wet weather today will clear throughout the country making way for a mainly fine Christmas weekend.

A spot of sub-par rapping at an end-of-year party led to a drunken Mount Maunganui College teacher pummelling a colleague on the ground.

For years, thousands of young people have flocked to Mount Maunganui for the New Year's Eve celebration. But not this year. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

For years, thousands of young people have flocked to Mount Maunganui for the New Year’s Eve celebration. But not this year. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The two tracks leading to the summit of Mauao at Mount Maunganui will be closed for at least a week from Monday. Tauranga City Council

A Tauranga man who had his late wife's jewellery stolen by burglars has made the most of the situation by setting up a public memorial

A man has died in a popular ocean swimming event at Mt Maunganui.

COMMENT: As a child of the Central North Island I can't think of a better place to be than the Bay of Plenty.

The surf at Mount Maunganui will be used as a location to explore surf rage - with locals saying it is real.

An education resource has been created to remember the Rena, and for students to learn about the impacts the disaster had on the area

Tauranga City Council workers have located the break in a key water main which has caused supply issues to Mount Maunganui and Tauranga. All

House sales in Mount Maunganui/Papamoa rose year-on-year last month while Tauranga sales volumes dropped.

Retiring All Blacks Sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens has called for a central base for the sport to be established. Tietjens yesterday

The Civil Defence response to this morning's 7.1 magnitude earthquake will be reviewed to see if anything could have been done differently.

New Zealanders will light up the darkness on 17 mountaintops next month as a message of hope for families struggling to cope with suicides by loved ones.

Police are appealing for help piecing together the last moments of the life of a Tauranga man whose body was found in surf at Mount Maunganui Main Beach.

A woman suffered serious injuries after a collision between a bike and car on Matapihi Rd yesterday - just two days after a 5-year-old girl was killed on the same road.

Hamish Rieger spent his last lifeguard shift helping a 5-year-old with a blue-bottle jellyfish sting, and helping one of his mates out of the surf.

An investigation is due to get underway on the slopes of Mt Maunganui today to determine what sparked this week's destructive blaze.