Police are dealing with reports of three suspected explosive devices throughout the Tauranga area.

A Tauranga city councillor is getting paid $74,000 a year to spend an average of 22 hours a week on council business.

A group of girls have cut off their ponytails and donated their hair to a cause that will see their locks turned into wigs for women living with cancer.

The man who took it upon himself to dish out street justice to convicted paedophile Trevor Hall says he would do it again if given the chance.

A prominent Tauranga professional is accused of seriously assaulting a young boy, which allegedly resulted in the child spending two days in hospital.

A 46-year-old Tauranga man has been arrested and charged with assaulting Trevor Hall, the convicted paedophile who sexually abused a 7-year-old girl.

The lawyer for a man cleared of charges for jogging in the nude says the case is proof of New Zealand's growing tolerance.

Two women are in hospital after being set upon by two pitbull-type dogs in "a very nasty attack" in an Otaki Beach driveway this morning.

Reports of a peeping Tom in Tauranga have police warning people to be aware of what is outside their window.

Multiple options for prime Tauranga spot.

Passionate golfer John Foley has waited 20 years to get a hole-in-one, but even he was shocked when the event aligned with an auspicious sequence of numbers.

The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has been criticised for serious failings in the care it provided a mental health patient who later committed suicide.

A man who disappeared after a fatal boating accident in Tauranga has been arrested and appeared in court.

A Tauranga man is on trial defending allegations that he kissed and fondled two young girls and tried to persuade them to be photographed naked with the aim of selling the images online.

A woman who set her pitbull dog on her sister - inflicting horrific injuries - has been jailed for seven years.