Traffic is backed up after a crash involving a school bus and car this morning at Welcome Bay in the Bay of Plenty.

A motorcyclist is dead after crashing near Tauranga this afternoon.

Police are searching through Gate Pa in Tauranga after a report of an aggravated robbery this morning.

A Tauranga man has admitted causing the fatal head-on crash which killed Tauranga father Greg Woledge after his work van plunged off Maungatapu Bridge and into the river.

A waterfront dispute has broken out between two of New Zealand's biggest ports, arguing about who is the best.

A 14-year-old girl led police on a 19km pursuit through Tauranga last night, police say.

A man who was found drunk in open water after clinging to an overturned dinghy near Tauranga harbour for six hours risked his life and the lives of others, police say.

A woman reportedly received abrasions to her limbs after exiting a moving vehicle in Tauranga yesterday afternoon.

A tornado has blown through a popular beach resort outside Tauranga this morning, causing damage to house roofs.

Tauranga Police have raided the Filthy Few Motorcycle Club's property in Birch Ave, Tauranga, following ahome invasion in Whakamarama in which two people received serious injuries.

A house and part of a school remain cordoned off in Tauranga this morning, as police investigate a suspicious death.

A mum is demanding answers after her 3-year-old son escaped from his kindergarten unnoticed by staff and walked alone across a busy Tauranga road.

Community social housing projects in Wellington, Tauranga and Hamilton have been announced by Housing Minister Nick Smith.

Egg sandwiches, a thermos of Milo and slightly soggy carrot cake.

A Tauranga Intermediate teacher found guilty of stealing 11 tablets of a young student's ADHD medication has been sentenced to nine months supervision.

The body of a man has been found in shallow water at Pilot Bay, Mount Maunganui.

A Tauranga doctor caught driving drunk after fleeing police and crashing into a building has been sentenced to supervision and community work.

The pregnant partner of a man killed when his van plunged off a highway bridge in Tauranga will remember him as the "best kind of dad".

A 2-year-old toddler with a serious medical condition who was removed from hospital by his parents has been located and has received medical attention, police say.

Police divers have arrived to look for the driver of a van which plunged into Tauranga Harbour yesterday, as an officer who helped save a passenger is praised.

More than 50 people have been injured while working on Western Bay of Plenty roads and bridges in the past two years.

A rose thorn scratch left a fit and healthy Tauranga man with major organ failure and in a four-month battle to save his life.

A devastated father who claims his son's heart was stolen by a hospital has had a setback in his bid to sue for damages.