There has been a spike of rescues at Karioitahi Beach in the south of Auckland.

An overnight crash at a popular beachside community has put three in hospital.

Homeless man demands pie and claims he had bomb in his bag.

Police say man arrested after reports of stabbing in Nikau Cres, the Mount.

Chlorine was incorrectly mixed in a bucket.

Pumping surf proved too daunting for snorkellers at Mount Main Beach.

Brazen thieves came in the dead of night to steal a charity's gates right off the hinges.

.Amanda Lowry, "toughest lady in the Bay", nails swimming fundraiser.

Expect Mt Maunganui's Bay Oval to turn on a super-sized game of backyard cricket.

A car smashed into a Gull petrol station on Hewletts Rd, Tauranga.

Actor and New Zealand fan Bryce Dallas Howard is the face of a US tourism campaign.

Health and safety law is threatening access to traditional climbing sites.

One person had to be freed from a vehicle after a crash.

Nine-year-old boy who went missing at Mount Maunganui is now safe back at home.

Cyclone Cook has been one gnarly Easter egg for surfers, offering nine-foot waves today.

Life can be frantic in New Zealand's biggest city - so Aucklanders are pouncing on a new $50m housing development in Bay of Plenty.

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

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

Nails, staples and glass are being left on the beach from fires lit from pellets. Photo/George Novak 220117gn05bop.JPG After finding

A Tauranga barber will travel the length of the country to promote Lifeline and stop the stigma surrounding mental health. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A Tauranga barber will travel the length of the country to promote Lifeline and stop the stigma surrounding mental health. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A number of residents are being evacuated following a chemical spill in Mt Maunganui.

A treasure trove of bird's eye-view photographs taken since the 1930s are now available to the public online. The new website shows

The first of the two oystercatcher eggs has hatched on Mount Maunganui Beach sparking fears the chick and its sibling will become

Police are "generally pleased" with behaviour at New Year's Eve celebrations across the country and say there were no significant issues or incidents reported.

A person is seriously injured after an early morning crash in Mt Maunganui.

Wet weather today will clear throughout the country making way for a mainly fine Christmas weekend.

A spot of sub-par rapping at an end-of-year party led to a drunken Mount Maunganui College teacher pummelling a colleague on the ground.

For years, thousands of young people have flocked to Mount Maunganui for the New Year's Eve celebration. But not this year. Made with funding from NZ On Air.