UNINHABITABLE HOUSE: Rusty Kane and the council-owned house that has sat empty for about 18 months behind Brookfield retirement village

A mockup of what The Mall (Pilot Bay) would look like - one-way for motorists with a separated cycleway. Photo/supplied Pilot_bay_mockup_correct_di Adams

By Ruth Keber HARD TIMES: Paul Hilliam remembers the Christchurch earthquakes six years after the devastated the South Island city

A Tauranga school principal says substandard housing in the city is making children sick - with 11 of her pupils hospitalised within

The 17-year-old granddaughter of the late Sir Howard Morrison was killed in a car crash in Auckland - she is being remembered as a "shining light".

A Tauranga man caught importing ecstasy powder and tablets, who claimed he got the idea from watching a television programme, has

A Tauranga man has snared one of the biggest awards in the visual effects industry for his work on Game of Thrones. Caleb Thompson

Double-murderer Jason Reihana was treated at Waikato Hospital earlier this month next to patients unaware they were sharing a ward with him.

Shelley Crooks has returned home and taken her first steps on crutches, after her incredible survival after being lost in rugged West Coast bush for six weeks.

A local property owner in Waihi Beach is at odds with the Western Bay of Plenty District Council over the management of an erosion control project that affects his land. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A local property owner in Waihi Beach is at odds with the Western Bay of Plenty District Council over the management of an erosion control project that affects his land. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

House sales and the median value of homes sold in Tauranga dropped in January.

A Tauranga mother feared her 3-year-old child had been snatched when he went missing at Bayfair for almost half an hour. Mum-of-two

Corey Fluerty's bike was stolen but he got it back yesterday.130217gn12bop.JPG By Scott K MacLeod and Kiri Gillespie Bikes are vanishing

A young man ran into a burning home to save an injured puppy as flames tore through the family cottage. The fire, which destroyed

A Whangarei orchardist is hoping to emulate the success of his mentor, who took out the 2014 Young Fruit Grower of the Year in the Bay of Plenty. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A Whangarei orchardist is hoping to emulate the success of his mentor, who took out the 2014 Young Fruit Grower of the Year in the Bay of Plenty. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Freedom camping is "out of control" at Mount Maunganui, with one beachfront overnight park-up spot crowded with 17 vehicles when only

The Police National Dive Squad is on its way to Lake Rotoiti to help look for a person who was seen to "go under" on Lake Rotoiti yesterday.

Western Heights High School has gone into lockdown.

Leisa Renwick has been awarded the New Zealander of the Year title at her work place, Mount Maunganui College. National MP Simon

A Mount woman has set up a petition calling for an ocean pool to be placed at the base of Mauao or on Leisure Island. Stephanie Bevington

A traditional Buddhist sand mandala is being constructed by two Tibetan-born monks in Tauranga Art Gallery. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A traditional Buddhist sand mandala is being constructed by two Tibetan-born monks in Tauranga Art Gallery. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Environment Court blocked an application by Envirofume Ltd to fumigate logs for export using methyl bromide at the Port of Tauranga.

As a Tauranga art festival looms, the mystery surrounding the Banksy-like stencil art found in the CBD deepens. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

As a Tauranga art festival looms, the mystery surrounding the Banksy-like stencil art found in the CBD deepens. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Two women injured when armed robber fires gun during attempted hold up.

Jack Wade will log on to NZQA today and find out whether he has passed his scholarship exams in chemistry and statistics - after

An English visitor who found Shelley Crooks six weeks after she was reported missing describes the moment the pair met on a West Coast track.