The reggae fans have attended every One Love festival together – until this year.

Judge: He took advantage of the kindness of a former employer and then stole from them.

Oval game shows need for rectangular stadium, says one of the region's biggest rugby fans.

Athletes from Tauranga, Rotorua, and Whakatāne have been named in Team NZ Roller Derby.

'He’s destroyed our lives.'

Police and councils co-ordinate to track vehicles fleeing crime scenes.

Organisations team up to find the Bay veterans falling through the cracks.

The judge had 'never seen anyone less remorseful' than the offender.

Safeswim posted red flag warnings at BoP beaches on Thursday.

A toll fee scam targets Tauranga residents via text message.

'Pretty bloody scary,' said one comment.

'I’ve got a noose with your name on it,' he wrote of Dame Jacinda Ardern during her term.

She says she even turned down a holiday in Hawaii to keep her perfect record.

'We’ve lost people ... all vital to making sure a hospital functions accordingly.'

Fears survivors of abuse in faith-based institutions will be 'ghosted' in redress system.

How sport helped a bullied boy find his happy place after a traumatic brain injury.

'You don’t want to spend your summer holiday in A and E.'

'It’s important to find your passion as when you love what you do, you do your best work.'

Plus - we ask why one city, unusually, has no honourees on this year's list.

Iwi places rāhui on Ōhiwa Harbour as search for missing swimmer intensifies.

The hottest music festivals in Taupō, Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Coromandel.

Boxing Day shoppers in Rotorua and Tauranga are happy to be spending.

Bay of Plenty retailers report mixed Christmas spending figures, but some remain upbeat.

Jefferies and family will enjoy a leg of lamb with summer sides.

A disregard for authority could be why those attending court are thumbing their noses.

An orange heavy rain warning is in force for the Bay of Plenty for Saturday.

'We are preparing for the busiest summer we have seen.'

The boy died in November following an alleged assault.