When a Mt Maungaui man saw a burglar climb out of his neighbour's home, he took off after him, tackled the man and sat on him until police arrived.

Danielle Wright finds a holiday park with 'complete silence' and an award for 100 per cent cleanliness the perfect antidote to Waimarino's Adventure Park thrill-rides.

Debbie Armstrong is still haunted by the memory of watching her husband die, but she has managed to carry on.

Sailing around the world was not their intention, but a desire to share their art has made it a reality for a family of French acrobats.

Police are trying to find a man who was viciously assaulted at Mount Maunganui last night.

Aucklanders have been warned their coastline harbours the same potentially fatal toxic shellfish that have led to a record spate of poisonings in the Bay of Plenty.

The world's only flying De Havilland Mosquito proved to be a huge drawcard yesterday for hundreds of aviation enthusiasts who crowded the tarmac outside Classic Flyers to welcome an aircraft making its first and last visit to Tauranga.

When 18-year-old Shannan Bell asked an earthmoving contractor if she could have a job operating his heavy machinery, she wasn't expecting him to say yes.

A senior Tauranga teacher facing a charge under the Prostitution Reform Act has lost his bid to keep his identity secret.

Police are dealing with reports of three suspected explosive devices throughout the Tauranga area.

A Tauranga city councillor is getting paid $74,000 a year to spend an average of 22 hours a week on council business.

A group of girls have cut off their ponytails and donated their hair to a cause that will see their locks turned into wigs for women living with cancer.

The man who took it upon himself to dish out street justice to convicted paedophile Trevor Hall says he would do it again if given the chance.

A prominent Tauranga professional is accused of seriously assaulting a young boy, which allegedly resulted in the child spending two days in hospital.

The mysterious case of the exploding fridge has been solved - and it wasn't the vegetables.

A 46-year-old Tauranga man has been arrested and charged with assaulting Trevor Hall, the convicted paedophile who sexually abused a 7-year-old girl.