Bay Of Plenty

Kohutapu Lodge was humming four years ago, it was welcoming international backpackers and living up to its five word motto "Changing a town through tourism". Overnight all that changed. After many…

Excitement is growing for the future of Whakatāne as resource consent is granted for the proposed $29 million boat harbour, Te Rāhui Herenga Waka Whakatāne.

Two different accounts of the same alleged dog attack have emerged during the trial of a Tauranga woman and her large rottweiler.

Two people are due to appear in court tomorrow charged with the murder of 51-year-old Tauranga man Mitchell Te Kani.

A Tauranga veterinarian has described in detail her alleged attack by a large rottweiler, which is facing euthanasia.

Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a man in the Bay of Plenty.

Tauranga's new MP Sam Uffindell says he wants the city to be the best place in which to work, play and raise a family.

Expansion of a methamphetamine treatment programme shows a health approach to drugs is far more effective than prohibition.

One person has died after a crash in Tauranga and crashes in South Auckland and Waikato last night resulted in people being hospitalised.

In its last meeting before dissolution, a Lakes District Health Board member has taken a final swing at the government over MIQ, saying it was "imposed" on the city.

The chronically ill pensioner is seeking arbitration with Kāinga Ora over plans to develop the section he is living on.

GP Dr Bernard Conlon was suspended by the Medical Council of New Zealand four months ago.

Using the Tauranga Racecourse land for housing has been taken off the table, with Tauranga City Council commissioners removing it as an option for future use of the site.

Some are concerned it means the system in Rotorua involving the use of motels for emergency housing will be long term.

Ōpōtiki District Council staff are querying whether they should be mowing berms after receiving social media abuse.

Advance voting in the Tauranga by-election opens today, with seven sites voters can visit to have their say.

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Bay of Plenty schools have seen a surge in attendance this term, largely because of the shift to orange in the Covid Protection Framework.