Police want help to find a 23-year-old Tauranga man missing since the beginning of the month.

An 11-year-old girl was found in a Te Puke home that police say was one of the region's largest methamphetamine labs.

The man doesn't normally play Lotto but was attracted to buy a ticket by last week's big jackpot.

A man has claimed the million dollar ticket from the weekend's Lotto draw.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are set to batter the Bay of Plenty until tomorrow morning, Metservice warns.

A driver involved in a head-on collision that seriously injured one of the Western Bay of Plenty's top cops has been charged.