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Gisborne police arrest four gangsters for intimidating witnesses, threatening to kill
"Police have put a significant effort into executing these arrests."
Tauranga election: Who's running and what you need to know about voting
It's the first election since 2019 when councillors were replaced by commissioners.
Nominations close today for Tauranga's first council election in nearly five years
The last council was sacked in 2021 by then-Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta.
'Baffling': Dad slates govt decision delay building Ōmokoroa a high school
Father says he'll move rather than make his kids bus up to 90 minutes into Tauranga.
Phone data, text message seal meth-making man's fate
Cellphone data put accused man at property where methamphetamine was being made.
Child injured in Pyes Pa crash discharged from hospital
The crash on Cheyne Rd was reported about 4.11pm.
Commission pushes on for taller buildings in Mount Maunganui
Commissioners reject recommendation from independent panel.
Myrtle rust: Mount golf club to fell three pōhutukawa, check nearly 400 trees
About 800 trees are planted on the privately owned 18-hole golf course.
Stories from 56 years of fostering: Part two
'The hardest part is when you see them return or go back to the parent...'
Zespri net profit has hard landing
It was a tough growing season, but better fruit quality has created some optimism.
Thief with a conscience? Widow in tears as stolen ashes returned
'I’m just so glad that they did the right thing and brought him back.'
Revealed: 13 properties council might sell to fund $306m civic project
A 'popular' free car park in a shopping district is one of them.
'I could lose them right now': Man's urgent plea to get family out of war-torn Gaza
A Palestinian man wants special NZ visas to be available during the Israel-Hamas war.
Election hopeful accused of 'dog-whistle politics'
Response to complaint about page user's moko kauae 'barcode' comment criticised.
Prolific burglar goes on crime spree while on parole to pay for drug debt
Jamie Downard was living in Te Awamutu after being granted parole.
What the Kāinga Ora report means for Rotorua and the hundreds of planned home builds
There are at least 330 new Kāinga Ora homes budgeted for the city by mid-2025.
Mount Maunganui assault accused appears in court
Police said a man with torso injuries was recovering in hospital.
Boatie plucked from dinghy after abandoning burning boat
A man was found in a rubber dinghy after abandoning a burning boat.
'Stay clear': Clean-up continues after new oil slick sightings
The clean-up involves monitoring absorbent booms.
'I went into shock': Tauranga woman overwhelmed by $1m Lotto win
'I have a thousand things running through my mind.'
'We’re just shells now': Jewellers targeted by thieves 9 times in 2.5 years
'I watched people run around in my shop at bloody 4.30 in the morning.'
Police appeal to drone operator near fatal crash scene
One person died in the three-vehicle crash on Sunday.
‘Hiding in plain sight’: Call for law targeting coercive control abuse
Victim advocates argue New Zealand should follow the lead of two Australian states.
Lines company workers save motorist stuck in rising Rotorua floodwaters
The eastern North Island is in the firing line on Tuesday.
'Humble' lines workers save woman from car sinking in floodwaters
She was stuck in the car and the water was up to her chest and still rising, police say.
Ngongotahā Stream subsiding, residents advised to return home
An active front is expected to move eastwards across Bay of Plenty.
'It reeks': More oil slick found on water in Pilot Bay
The source of the spill is not yet known.
'Pretty skilled gardener': Mother of eight busted for growing 300 cannabis plants
Woman had all the necessary equipment to 'grow cannabis discreetly', police say.
Murderers who stabbed man who ‘narked’ on Mongrel Mob boss get extra jail time
The men murdered Eli Johnson in 2022 for 'narking' on a gang boss.
'Dehumanising and degrading:' Man's abuse left woman unable to breastfeed
Adam Thomas Ross' abuse spanned two-and-a-half years.
Rongoā Māori: How treating an ankle injury 'snowballed' into self-care
ACC says more than a third of clients using the traditional healing method are non-Māori.
'Avoid the shoreline': Suspected diesel spill in Tauranga Harbour
The spill is suspected to be a mix of diesel and some heavier oil.
Sewerage system failure causes Tauriko School to close
School working 'extremely hard' to reopen, says principal