Latest from Bay of Plenty

'Record price': Waikato buyer pays over $1m for Ōhope apartment

The three-bedroom apartment boasts bush and ocean views.

'Mr Credibility' Philip Sherry a 'true gentleman'

Legendary former TV broadcaster, and local councillor and 'gentleman' has died.

Northland's meth epidemic and the new approach making a difference

Drug experts call for a Northland initiative tackling meth use to be rolled out across NZ.

Bay Dreams lineup announced: Drum and Bass on the festival menu

The festival will return to the Mount on January 3, next year.

Child neglect: Police take action against 71 in Bay of Plenty

Figures reveal how many people police took action against in the last five years.

Last goodbye: Kawerau Mill has funeral for past and present staff to reflect

Familiar faces filled the Kawerau Town Hall to reflect on decades of memories.

Wild weather: Tornado, thunderstorm warning for Auckland, Northland, Waikato, Coromandel

Warning of 120 kilometre per hour winds or a small tornado.

'All he wanted was help': Mental health services turned away man who later bashed cops

A man who seriously assaulted two police officers in police cells has been sentenced.

Teaching te reo Māori to 'the masses': The story behind a new app with big goals

New app Reo Ora aims to be the one-stop learning platform for te reo Māori.

World-leading app to train teachers in te reo Māori

The initiative aims to strengthen New Zealand's education workforce in Te Reo.

Rob Rattenbury: How pervasive is white supremacy in NZ?

OPINION: White supremacists do exist in our country, though hopefully not in great numbers

Local Focus: New 'rainbow hub' opens in Tauranga

Gender Dynamix and Rainbow Youth move in together. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Political Roundup: The Democratic and equity deficits in Three Waters reforms

Equity problems in the Government proposals, Representation and governance concerns.

School uniforms out, brollies and winter woollies in: Wet, windy, cold start to school holidays

"Severe gales" expected for Northland and Auckland, snow for parts of the South.

'Groundbreaking' migrant pōwhiri in Tauranga may become permanent

Hundreds attended what is believed to be the first migrant pōwhiri.

'We pulled it off': Photographer reflects on Rainbow Warrior bombing investigation

Alan Arnold joined the police in 1956 as a trainee cadet.