Incumbent mayor Tony Bonne looks to have regained his position.

Two Auckland teens are appearing in court today after a car was stolen and taken on a joy-ride of more than a hundred kilometres, from Paeroa to Whakatane.

Police want eyewitnesses to come forward after a man fell from a Whakatane hotel balcony onto a footpath at the weekend.

Golf Links Road near Whakatane is closed as the Armed Offenders Squad try to locate a man who pointed a gun at another person. A

Banned from sailing further until authorities deem him safe to travel, renegade South African yachtie, is apologetic for the inconvenience he has caused everyone involved. made with funding from NZ on Air

This Sunday is World Rivers Day giving the Bay of Plenty Regional Council a chance to celebrate the regions eight major rivers. In

A large slip has blocked SH3 in North Taranaki, flooding and slips have closed roads in Wellington and hampered the capital's World War I centenary events.

Whakatane's three-day Junior League Festival will give kids an opportunity to play against clubs from around New Zealand.

A graduate of Rotorua's famous carving school and a Taupo-based iwi representative and orator are two of 10 people honoured at the

Aftershocks have continued to shake the North Island after it was hit by one of its biggest earthquakes in decades.

A pregnant woman has been flown to hospital after a car crash in the Eastern Bay of Plenty today. The 21-year-old was involved in

The New Zealand Transport Agency is asking motorists in the Eastern Bay of Plenty to be aware of the risk of rock-falls and slips after the earthquake and aftershocks this morning.

This morning's M7.1 quake is the biggest to hit the north of the North Island in more than 20 years, when a M7.2 quake struck in a similar spot in 1995.

Locals wanting to help care for land, air, water, or wildlife are can apply to the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Environmental Enhancement

There is a severe wind watch for Rotorua and the Bay of Plenty tonight. MetService issued the watch saying west to northwest winds

The new boating bylaw for Bay of Plenty will now be introduced in 2017 instead of October 2016 as originally planned. General Manager

The Ruatoki community will host a SPCA day to raise awareness on the care and protection of animals. It will also provide options

Bay of Plenty-based Surtees Boats is undergoing a major expansion of its production facility with the addition of a 900sq m building

Lisa Carrington has today been sharply reminded how difficult a challenge she'll face tomorrow if she's to complete a golden Rio Olympic kayak double.

A Whakatane bank has celebrated Lisa Carrington's Olympic victory this morning by wrapping their ATM in gold. ANZ's Whakatane branch

WATCH: Kiwi kayak queen Lisa Carrington 'stoked' as she powers her way to back-to-back Olympic gold medals.

A young woman has been seriously hurt and trapped for more than an hour in her car after it crashed this morning. The woman had been

A shipping container has been airlifted to White Island to provide visitors an emergency shelter in case of an eruption. The New

There's not a lot of negatives, even though gifts and golf balls were stolen from charity fundraisers Keri and Ryan Topperwien's Dream

The State Highway 2 Waimana Gorge remains closed following a slip, and is expected to reopen to one lane later today. A helicopter

There is a large slip on State Highway 2 East, about 4km south of Taneatua. The road is closed to traffic until contractors can clear

Whakatane band Made Alive has made it to the Smokefree Rockquest finals. The band, made up of Whakatane High School and Trident High

The young star of the New Zealand hit film Boy has been seriously injured in a car crash. James Rolleston, 19, was in a car near

Two motorbikes have crashed causing moderate injuries to two people. The crash happened about 4pm on State Highway 30 near Thornton

A moderate earthquake has been recorded in the Bay of Plenty. At 11.29pm last night, a magnitude 3.3 earthquake was recorded near