Latest from Whakatane

Millions of litres: Bay kiwifruit grower fined for illegal water take

The company was convicted in the Tauranga District Court.

No 1 for number twos! Rotorua wins best loo, Tauranga best large city

The Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards were announced at Parliament House yesterday.

Guy Fawkes: Nine fires likely to be linked to fireworks

All but one of these fires was last night.

'My lungs collapsed... I thought I was going to die': Mum's horror health ordeal

'I couldn't get off the bed - I was [spending] 16 to 18 hours in bed. I can barely walk.'

‘Ingrained hatred’: Should warring Mongrel Mob and Black Power be rewarded for good behaviour?

An expert makes the suggestion as police crack down on gang violence.

Day of violence: Gang members on trial for murder, assault, robbery

Mobsters accused of killing man who wouldn't give them drugs and attacking two others.

Gang crackdown: Weapons, drugs, cash seized by police given special search powers

Police also made two arrests in Ōpōtiki amid gang tensions.

Lifeguards launch beach patrols on Labour Weekend

Lifeguards' summer patrols begin this weekend at Bay of Plenty beaches.

Man heartbroken as wife's memorial tree to be torn down

The regional council says the removal of the tree is essential for flood protection.

Uni student assaulted four women - he claimed 'sexsomnia'

Four women were victimised by the defendant.

Potential for contamination causing harbour project hold-up

No action has been seen at the site for more than a year.

Whakaari/White Island owners relied on GNS Science to monitor and manage island

The judge-alone trial resumed on Wednesday.

Search for missing kiwi continues

“People from all over the place want to help. It’s amazing."

'Massive potential for change': Investment fund takes on housing crisis

'Why wouldn’t an investor choose social good over another investment of equal risk?'

Watch: Thief raids jewellery store in 'terrifying' daylight robbery

The jewellery store owner threw cardboard boxes at the thief, who was wielding a weapon.

New tourism venture for well-known oyster farm

The Ōhope oyster farm's new owners have big plans.

'It’s a wicked thing to do': Second pohutukawa dying, poisoning suspected

“This is the fifth or sixth tree poisoned like this in the last few years.”

Two arrested after Rotomā and Whakatāne burglaries, one man still sought

The burglaries happened on Monday morning.