Myrtle rust has been found in the Bay of Plenty.

Talented equestrians alike will perform under the spotlight at Equidays 2017.

Sweet Louise is solely dedicated to supporting women with breast cancer.

Skatepark already proving hugely popular, with competitors from as far away as Auckland.

Duck hunting season is nearly upon us

A Tauranga woman may take out the 2017 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year Award.

Three Bay students are to attend a week-long environmental forum

Average weekly rents in the Western Bay of Plenty have increased 37.5 per cent in 2 years.

A roading upgrade in Te Puke, funded by the NZTA and Western Bay of Plenty District Council, has caused unrest as residents and business owners air their issues with the changes in the town. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

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

The 38-year-old man suffered a neck injury when he plunged into a Te Puke pool yesterday,

A man was hospitalised after being repeatedly hit on the head with a baseball bat in Te Puke last night.

Blind in one eye, glaucoma in the other, living in space no bigger than the average-sized bathroom, many may view 74-year-old Scotty

A crash which blocked one of the Bay of Plenty's busiest highways this morning was caused by a driver stopping to allow ducklings to cross the road.

A truck driver was quick to help rescue a woman trapped in her upside-down car.

The man killed in a crash on State Highway 2 near Pongakawa yesterday morning has been named as Martin John Ferry of Tauranga, police said.

A truck driver is dead and another was taken to Tauranga Hospital after their vehicles collided at the intersection of State Highway 2 and Pongakawa Station Rd.

A Te Puke restaurant owner has done an about-turn after trialling a no-doggy-bag policy over a couple days.

A Te Puke store worker has been rattled by a terrifying armed robbery.

Playing pool and checking out op-shops are two pursuits enjoyed by Te Puke Country Lodge's oldest resident, 103-year-old Elizabeth

The intensification of Tauranga into a compact city has emerged as a common theme from studies meant to provide a blueprint for how

Western Bay deputy mayor Gwenda Merriman has announced she is seeking to fill the void left by Mayor Ross Paterson upon his departure

A Bay couple has managed to buy a house in Te Puke for almost half the average value of a home in Tauranga. Aaron and Gayoung Wiggins

River, the puppy saved by a Bay primary school student last year, has settled in with her rescuer's family and grown into a lovable, large dog.

Mark Greenwood of Te Puke, Kent Jarman of Mount Maunganui, Graham Young of Mount Maunganui, Adrienne von Tunzelmann of Tauranga, Shane Beech of Maketu, Mark Bentham of Tauranga, Pat Taylor of Tauranga.