Bay Of Plenty

Ngāi Te Rangi chief executive Paora Stanley says local iwi can play a crucial role in reducing gang violence in the Western Bay of Plenty.

The woman who was found dead in a Tauranga home last week was a new mother and the partner of the man killed in a police shooting.

A man charged over the murders of two men shot in Tauranga has been granted name suppression, in part due to concerns over possibility retaliation.

The Rotorua Aquatic Centre 50 metre pool grandstand has been demolished following the discovery of "structural issues ... beyond repair".

Tauranga Mayor Tenby Powell says he's concerned about the increasing sophistication of gangs involved in the meth trade after police shot a man dead in the city last night. Video, Audio

A man is dead after a shoot-out with police in Tauranga on Thursday evening.

On the shores of Lake Tarawera, Tūhourangi Tribal Authority ancestors would welcome the Rotorua region's earliest tourists. That land is likely to be returned to their descendants.

A man who was at a house that is now the scene of a homicide investigation was among several people who ran for their lives when gunshots rang out.

Police have charged a man with murder in relation to the death of Thunder Savage at his home in Edgecumbe last year.

A homicide inquiry has been launched following the death of two men at an Omanawa property near Tauranga last night.

A fire at a car wrecker's yard, in Wikaraka St in Ngongotaha, near Rotorua is now under control, but still burning.

More than 20 fire crews are battling a large fire at a car wrecker's yard near Rotorua and residents are being asked to stay away and keep windows closed

Police are conducting a homicide inquiry after a five-year-old child died at Rotorua Hospital on Saturday night.

A prominent Māori performing arts educator has been sentenced to 12 months' home detention for defrauding a tertiary education provider and a Crown agency of $1.3 million.

Three people have died in separate crashes in Te Puke, Hamilton and North Otago today.

First-time parking offenders who disputed their ticket will have their fines waived in a gesture of "goodwill" as the council acknowledges "issues" with Rotorua's parking system.

Whakaari / White Island remains in an steady elevated state of unrest, but no further lava has come to the surface.

Two men, aged 19 and 23, have been arrested following a series of incidents involving firearms and damage to property in the western Bay of Plenty, police say.

The police are looking at stepping up patrols in the Western Bay of Plenty after two shootings in Tauranga and Te Puke.