A Western Bay community is coming together to raise money for a much loved teacher who is travelling to Australia for life saving immuno-therapy drugs. Make sure you watch for the children at the end of the clip!
The TECT Trustpwer Rescue Helicopter opens its doors so Tauranga residents get a chacne to see what they do.
The 13th annual Songkran Water Festival, celebrating the Thai New Year, was celebrated in Tauranga over the weekend - complete with dancers, singers and beauty pagent.
United States ambassador Mark Gilbert challenged a robot to a game of catch at the House of Science. The robot, built by House of Science students, can expertly pick balls up from the ground and throw them into a net.
With just a rake as a paintbrush a visiting artist created a stunning work of art on a Mount Maunganui beach. Andres Amador, an artist from San Francisco, drew an intricate piece of art on the sand, with help from local ta moko artist Pohe Luttenberger... only for it to be lapped away by the incoming tide.
A car plunged into Tauranga Harbour, leaving it half submerged in the water. A fireman rescues some sopping luggage.
The gorgeous dresses, hats and accessories on show at Bayleys International Raceday 2016 at Tauranga racecourse on Saturday made it a tough day for judges. Here's a look at the glamorous outfits of the day.
Jazz Festival director Becks Chambers said the New Orleans TECT Jazz Village already had between 1500 and 2000 people through the gates at 1.30pm, and she expected numbers would "easily hit" 4000.
The dulcet tones of the Nairobi Trio were enjoyed by more than 100 people at Te Puna Quarry Park. Here's an inside look at the successful event!
Overflowing trestle tables of books were for sale at the annual Rotary Club of Tauranga Book Sale. Listen to chief organiser Anne Pritchard as she tells how it all went.
Vintage cars cruised into Willow Street, blaring their horns and waving proudly. The Brass and Nickle Vehicles parade was an additional treat for Jazz Festival goers.
The Strand in downtown Tauranga was alive with the sounds of jazz, swing, funk and blues. People everywhere were enjoying the live music and entertainment - here's a taster in case you missed it!
The Web Ellis Cup - the pinnacle in international rugby - came to Papamoa College to the delight of students and staff alike. Get an up close view of the glittering gold trophy.
Coronation Park was jam-packed with kids and their parents on Good Friday, celebrating Easter and having an all-around good time. Don't miss the cute kids, tiny dogs and can you spot a Disney princess?
The Sextet Pistols jam at the first day of the National Youth Jazz Competition. The Tauranga Girls' College students are the first all-female combo to enter the competition in the 39 years it has run.
Six Tauranga residents are going on a trip of a lifetime today. Daphnie McCleod and Jordan Duke are among six passengers leaving the Bay of Plenty for the Bay of Islands on board the Pacific Pearl.
180 school students and 30 to 40 volunteers clean up walkways around the A clean-up of walkways around the Waikareao Estuary and Wharepai Domain.
Watch our video of the footage taken from the amphibious aircraft that has been giving locals a bit of a different view of the flag. Have a look, we even go past the Spirit of New Zealand!
The Bay of Plenty Times went to Rosie O'Grady's to see how Tauranga locals were celebrating Saint Patrick's.
John Knotts' life-long ambition to build a replica of a stunning 4500-year-old lyre has been achieved on the cusp of the last notes being played on his eventful life.
A colorful plume of dust at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic gave students a taste of a bigger, brighter event coming up in Tauranga.
The worker was crushed by the shipping container at the site in Totara St on March 14, 2016. Video / NZME
Police and Worksafe New Zealand at Totara St site where a person has been killed.
Get a sneak peek at an American muscle car and a rat rod built by Papamoa's Graham Steel which will be hitting the streets of Whangamata at the upcoming Beach Hop.
Passionate local biologist Te Atarangi Sayers said the artworks which would be for sale by tender had been donated by well-known photographer Darryl Torckler and Maketu's freelance photographer Andy Belcher. Mr Sayers is urging the community to come along to the exhibition and also to make submissions towards a temporary two-year closure application.
These Tauranga Girls' College students are beyond excited for their trip to Europe in April, where they will visit France, Belgium, Italy and Greece.
Meat Worker Union members protested outside Talley's Affco Rangiuru yesterday, after the company laid off 214 workers for the season.
Watch medieval knights knights fully kitted out in padding, armour, helmets and fierce-looking weapons, smash it out for glory at this year's Tattoo Cup, held at Tauranga's Memorial Park.
Historic Tauranga photographer Alf Rendall establishes a new photography scholarship at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.