Latest from Bay of Plenty

How chef became the Bay’s sausage ‘boss’

Pagani arrived in NZ not speaking a word of English but his skills spoke volumes.

Jo Raphael: Protection of retail workers is paramount

OPINION: Retail workers don't deserve to go to work fearing for their lives.

'Miracle drug' Trikafta becomes publicly available in NZ today

About 370 people are expected to be eligible for funded access.

Mark Lister: Tips for nervous newer investors

'Keep your eye on the long game'.

Brutal rental market: Harrowing tales of the hunt for a home

What it's like living in a garage: 'I never imagined I’d end up like this.'

'Bullied': The $1.5m, the will, and the aunt who wanted the fortune

The 97-year-old said she had been bullied into changing her will.

Cancelled plans for Omanawa Falls full access a 'lose-lose'

Concern rescuers will have to save people who risk their 'stupid skins' reaching base.

'In good hands': 102yo jazz musician relives performing with Nat King Cole

'He just stood back in shadows - came in unobtrusively. He had a magnificent deep voice.'

Kiri Gillespie: Unfair to lump city safety costs on regional council alone

Safety of people in the city is not a responsibility exclusive to the regional council.

'Our energy levels are failing': Bay secondary teachers strike again

'There’s only one really good time to sort this out and that is now'

Shiver me timbers! Rotorua wakes to coldest day of the year

Cold and clear weather is across the Bay of Plenty.

Parking fees a 'killer': Retailers, shoppers on how to solve 'dead' Tauranga CBD

Been described as 'in crisis' by Downtown Tauranga chairman Brian Berry.

Work on picturesque shared path in Katikati gets under way

Work on the new pathway between Yeoman Bridge to Park Rd Reserve has started.

'Desperately needed': Ex-mayor delivering seven ambulances to Ukraine

The ambulances are en route to Auckland, to be shipped to Ukraine.

Jan Tinetti injured in media scrum at Parliament

The Minister for Education was absent in Parliament today after the incident.

Rescue helicopter responds after hikers trapped by slip

Aerocool Rescue Helicopter paramedics spring into action during busy month of missions.