Police raids across Bay of Plenty after investigation of alleged synthetic cannabis ring.

Offers of support are pouring in for Bella Vista housing victims.

Totara St in Mount Maunganui is closed after a fatal collision this morning.

Busy port and Australian gangs the targets of new police squad in Tauranga.

Cyclones can create ideal surfing conditions, says Mount enthusiast Andy Jordan.

Young paraglider pilot enjoying second flight of the day when tragedy struck.

A paraglider has died at Mount Maunganui (Mauao).

A paraglider has crashed into Mt Maunganui after he lost control of the glider.

Do not touch pufferfish and keep dogs away from these poisonous creatures.

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

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

TONGUE-PIERCER: Art + Body owner Julie Paama-Pengelly watches Siobhan Mikaere demonstrate the piercing of Sunny Yu Sun's tongue. PHOTO

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