Bay Of Plenty

Rotorua's housing issues are a long-standing problem and government help with emergency housing in the city is just the start of tackling the issue, the mayor says. Audio

Tauranga residents are being urged to have their say on what is being called the "most important long-term plan in recent history" - consultation on the plan opens today.

The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has apologised to the family of a young man who died of a suspected suicide four years ago.

A Rotorua maintenance hole cover that flipped, causing a woman to fall in and become stuck, was never inspected by the council.

Rotorua ratepayers are footing a $16,700 bill for a diesel-fuelled generator that was used to power the closed Rotorua Museum in February.

Construction has begun on a multi-million dollar harbour project in the Bay of Plenty.

The government is proposing to drop speed limits outside schools across the country to 30 km/h around urban schools and a 60 km/h maximum in rural areas.

Water infrastructure, transportation, waste management, upgrading council offices and rates are the five major issues for the Whakatāne District Council's long-term plan.

Midwives in the Bay of Plenty hope the introduction of free ultrasound scans for pregnant women in their district will pave the way for the rest of the country. Audio

Toxic compounds associated with firefighting foam found in groundwater at a Mount Maunganui industrial area are being investigated.

Tauranga's summer water restrictions have been extended for the first time in recent years.

An Eastern Bay of Plenty leader is disappointed a review of the response to last month's tsunami threat excluded rural areas.

Long-term residents of a holiday park in Whakatāne say they are being kicked out of their homes and have nowhere else to go because the council is reviewing occupancy rules.

Whakatāne District Council general manager community experience Georgina Fletcher said council staff felt privileged to be able to facilitate the first burial at the Hillcrest Cemetery Natural Burial…

A man pulled from the water at Ōhope Beach in Bay of Plenty this afternoon has died.

This year's kiwifruit budding season may be one of the last in which the boom of audible bird scaring devices will be heard across Whakatāne District.