The blows in the attack, which was over drugs, could be heard from the street.

Police were called at 12.30pm.

"We are left with a small urn that holds Ethan’s ashes."

An election will be held on July 20 in which a mayor and nine councillors will be chosen.

'I’ve been followed, had stuff thrown at me, and come across large footprints.'

It will be a whistle-stop visit to the Big Apple.

Kerbside standardisation is expected to divert an extra 53,000 tonnes of recycling.

'Our children haven’t had a normal life for seven years,' mum says.

This will be 22nd year of Katikati Fishing Competition.

'It was great to see that a district like Whakatane is getting national recognition.'

A road over the Kaimai Range will be closed overnight at times over the next few months.

Firefighters say one of the vehicles was engulfed in flames after the crash.

Tauranga reached its highest temperature of the year yesterday.

'I was jumping around.'

The call is going out to those wanting to tread the boards.

The 10-year-old was swept down Marian Creek on Hollyford River.

Agent says buyers are queueing up for properties on Lake Rotoiti.

Plus, an NZ trampolinist prepares for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Te Puke's game was decided by Duckworth Lewis.

The Summer Shakespeare Tauranga Trust presents The Tempest.

Bowler Daniel Price was the star of the Te Puke show.

Construction began in 2021 with an $85m budget.

A large orange tree broke the woman's fall after she jumped from a second-storey window.

Joe Crozier nonconsensually penetrated a patient while her child was in the room.

Despite heavy rain on Sunday, most attendees stayed until the end of the festival.

It comes as assaults on staff at Bay of Plenty hospitals have been rising.

Act is joining a former mayor call for Tauranga’s commission to take caretaker role.

Investigators are at the scene this morning.

He is barefoot, balding but with long, thinning white hair and a bushy white moustache.

“We’re all here for the same reason. It’s all about the music and everyone was excited."