Bay Of Plenty

In the five years to April, it issued 81,906 books, eight DVDs, 1018 magazines, 257 memory aids and 1234 talking books for a total of 84,423.

The approved 9.9 percent increase is down from the 12.5 percent initially proposed.

Brendan Horan is running for a council seat in Whakatāne, despite living outside the district in Papamoa.

Paige Johnson, 24, died after the hit-and-run in Rotorua on 15 June.

More people now have no shelter and are visible on the streets, the head of one charity says. Audio

Police and the victim's family are calling for the man to come forward.

The Northern Mystics have beaten the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic for the second time in a week but this time it was more decisive.

The Bay of Plenty has added cute and charismatic critters to its pest list, along with changes to how other pests are categorised.

The councillor says he did not say the words - but his meaning was correctly inferred.

The council says the operation was necessary due to antisocial behaviour.

An office within Rotorua's Energy Events Centre has closed after "unsafe levels" of a toxic gas were detected.

Police are looking for the driver of a red ute after a hit-and-run in which a woman was seriously injured in Rotorua.

Hundreds can't play rugby after vandals broke in to do burnouts on their field.

A spokesperson said the incident looked "to have taken place at an orchard property".

Police have told RNZ they were aware of a possible event in Tauranga on Sunday night.

Another person has moderate injuries.

For the first time in 20 years, residents can wake up and officially breathe in clean air.

Water has been restored to houses on Oceanbeach Road in Mount Maunganui after a water main broke overnight.