The incident happened in a rural area east of Ōpōtiki about 5pm yesterday.

Well-known hip-hop music producers lose appeal to overturn convictions.

Prostitutes' Collective slams move to make home-based sex workers work alone

A miracle drug has given a friend new life. Others need it too, writes Dawn Picken.

"If people do it, they'll no doubt find out in due course what the consequences are."

A man found guilty of murdering his baby daughter has been sentenced.

Simon Bridges' Tauranga supporters are backing the National Party leader.

Concerns were held for woman and her newborn baby.

Action is being taken against violent crime in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, police say.

Boomtown where a family house is $600,000. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Overseas teacher recruitment goes into overdrive.

They heard a squealing of tyres and then a big bang.

Tauranga woman just holding it together. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

No one was waiting for her. No grieving family or friends, just the police.

Some were carrying signs. One said: "Fair Market Value, That's All We Want".

Three staff in two Bay of Plenty stores owned by Prabh Ltd will receive compensation.

Jefferson Starship is set to perform with Toto in January.

Primary teachers who trained after 1996 earn $12,000 more than those who trained earlier.

Mum-to-be shares her thoughts on her own and other famous Kiwi births this year.

The woman who died in a Kawerau sawmill incident can now be named.

The woman who died at a Kawerau sawmill can be named

Gull in Taneatua has the cheapest fuel, charging just $2.10 a litre for 91.

Police are looking for a stolen scooter

Government officials helped broker a deal with Chinese buyers in the Bay of Plenty.

There was an ambulance at the scene and police were directing traffic.

Yesterday was stunning, but it's going to be a changeable start to the week.

Three men have been rescued after their boat capsized south of Tauranga.

The Tauranga Crossing and Bayfair developments are both due to be completed next year.

Joanne Joss, of Kawerau, is the Kiwi killed in a bus crash in Africa last week.

A woman has died as a result of a workplace incident at a sawmill in Kawerau.