A fire in Te Puke caused significant damage to a 120 square metre house in the early hours of this morning.

An eighty-three-year-old's theft of almost $215,000 in benefit payments was only uncovered when she was seriously injured in a crash with a fuel tanker.

Emergency services are rushing to the scene of a car crash in Te Puke where one person is trapped.

A car explosion has resulted in serious burns for a Te Puke man working on an early morning fix-it job.

The man who knocked out former Bay of Plenty Steamers player Simon Chisholm during a rugby game has pleaded guilty.