The council has offered the price paid for the house plus expenses.

The offer is not what homeowners said they wanted

Comment: Council needs to be more upfront about Bella Vista problems.

The class action lawsuit is due to have its first court conference in a few weeks.

Chair and scope of government inquiry into Wally Haumaha's promotion revealed.

But only one is being prosecuted.

Jono Smith was almost bear bait after the Kiwi kayaker was chased down by a grizzly bear.

Two men have been charged over Paterson's murder after his body was found near Tauranga.

A Mongrel Mob member swung an axe into a Black Power member's leg during a daylight fight.

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Man who killed father's partner thought he was possessed by devil, then decapitated sheep.

Andrea Taiapa was sentenced to six years and four months imprisonment for manslaughter.

Gordon Leech yelled "I've been shot" before dying a short time later.

"What a terrible thing to say, that your granddaughter's body is in the back of your van."

AOS officers should never have gone into house which triggered 22-hour siege, says IPCA.

Anihera applauds a former Tauranga man's coming forward to police with abuse claims

The largest power poles proposed for Maungatapu will be 35 and 45 metres tall.

An average of 9.8 houses were sold each day in June, REINZ figures show.

Superintendent Bruce Bird says all three attacks were targeted and the community is safe.

Man charged with helping dispose of victim Mitchell Paterson's body.

Ballance pleaded guilty to the charge.

The storm which cut off the Coromandel is moving towards the Bay of Plenty.

"They are not allegations. It is their truth," - Anihera Zhou Black.

As part of the investigation, police were searching a residential address in Hamilton.

Roads could be affected a low pressure system brings wind and rain to the North Island.

Ninety-year-old Eileen Pearson is 'always looking for an adventure'.

The store had been very busy since the winning First Division ticket had been announced.

Home values in the town of 6800 people jumped more than 25 per cent over past year.

Gina Reuben is doing it for the girls ... and the grandmothers.

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