Tauranga Rocks is an apt name for a new craze which has gone viral with up to 1400 locals becoming rockers in the past couple of weeks. The

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

When Tina Jennen awoke in a hospital bed with four broken limbs, she didn't know what had happened or why she was there.

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.

American spies have monitored Tauranga drug traffickers as they gather intelligence on the worldwide trade in narcotics. The revelation

No one is believed to have been hurt in the early morning crash.

Confidence in the Bay of Plenty's economy surged to a 10-year high in December as the region recovered its place on top of the national

Meet the Tauranga dragonboat team with a special bond. All the women have had partial or full mastectomies. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Residents in parts of the country have been warned to brace for widespread flooding, slips and fast-rising rivers as a power-packed, mid-week weather system hits.

Waipuna Hospice has been attacked by thieves who ransacked the charity's Tauranga depot, making off with the hospice's signwritten van.

A stockcar driver has been injured in a race at the Baypark Family Speedway in Tauranga tonight.

A Bay of Plenty doctor says skin cancer diagnosis is on the rise, especially in Baby Boomers. The Bay of Plenty has the third highest rate of skin cancer in New Zealand. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

People failing to pronounce Maori place names correctly "boggles the mind" of one Auckland woman, and presumably the thousands of people who viewed her online video.

Video footage has emerged of a man playing a set of drums on the side of the road at the summit of the Kaimai Range.

The partner of a woman seriously injured in a head-on crash on a notorious stretch of State Highway 2 is calling for safety upgrades on the road to be fast-tracked.

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

Mike Middleton hasn't touched his motorbike since February 7, 2016 - the day his son, Rhys, was killed.

Man died after a truck rolled on Thornton Rd in Whakatane on January 1.

ADVENTURE: The Stokes family, from Papamoa, are backpacking around the world for a year. PHOTO/SUPPLIED 211216RK02BOP_stokes By Ruth

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

by Kiri Gillespie FUN DAY OUT: Groom-to-be Grant Edwards spent much of his stag party at the Tauranga Races in a ''pretty comfortable''

MEAT THE MAYOR: Tauranga Mayor Greg Brownless served up sausages at the waterfront on New Year's Eve. Photo/George Novak 311216gn04bop By

The teenaged females were approached by four men at about 12.30am and indecently assaulted on the beach between Pacific Ave and Banks Ave.

Bay of Islands the place to be for summer sun today

As most Kiwis were partying to see the new year in, others were being born.

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.

Revellers packed out bars and party-hot spots the length of the country last night to welcome in 2017. Fine weather in most of the

ENOUGH: Bay of Plenty District Health Board acting chief executive Pete Chandler said panic alarms will be installed in standalone

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