Further details have been released about the outlets set to open at the Bay's newest shopping centre. After a decade in the making

A national day recognising New Zealand land wars will not affect local commemorations of Tauranga's two fierce battles. Work is underway

Papamoa dad fled his burning home with two-year-old daughter in his arms and then realised his oldest daughter still might be inside.

It's never too late for love as Western Bay Councillor Margaret Murray-Benge and former Reserve Bank governor and National Party leader

A new four-bedroom, suburban, brick and tile family home in Papamoa has sold for $1 million - a price that ''beat all expectations'' of the company that built it.

Port of Tauranga posted a 2.3 per cent decline in full-year profit, partly reflecting an accounting change but also a sharp decline in log volume.

Two men stormed into the Carlisle Street dairy armed with a plastic pistol and a knife but left with nothing.

A Tauranga mother who has already raised $28,000 for a cochlear implant for her daughter has been frustrated by the news she needs

A Tauranga teacher has labelled an educational ''funding freeze'' as heartbreaking. Teacher's union NZEI has claimed school funding

For the first time, five cruise ships will be berthing in Tauranga overnight this season.

Firefighters are this afternoon returning to a house narrowly saved from fire today. The two story Bethlehem house has suffered significant

A 120-year-old walking stick has gone missing and its owner is appealing for help to find it. Bellevue resident Hoppy Coombe was

A Tauranga man has been flown by rescue helicopter to Waikato Hospital, after his condition deteriorated rapidly following a motorcycle crash.

Family of a Tauranga woman killed two weeks ago in a tragic road accident says she "brought light to so many lives" and will be "missed beyond measure".

New speed cameras for accident blackspots across Auckland and Northland.

One of two sisters born with a life-threatening condition has received her long-awaited lung transplant.

Exhausted yachtsman terrified for his life as he battled 'gnarly' seas.

The owners sold the three-bedroom house for a $216,000 profit 18 months after buying it.

Isaac Gray cannot get around without the help of a walker, his wheelchair or another person. He is non-verbal and until about a year a go, could not hear. But life is about to change for him.

Keen psychology student will spend a year studying at top research university in the US.

Building consents for Tauranga retirement villages have soared with one owner describing the growth in demand as "insane". Data from

A Tauranga commercial fisherman has been convicted and fined $3000 for deliberately driving his vehicle at a fishery officer who had

Arrests have been made in relation to a series of Tauranga burglaries over the past month.

A Tauranga woman did not stop to think about the dangers of the cold water or swift current when she dived in to save a young boy on a bike.

An orca calf named Bob died in the early hours of this morning despite a big effort to save it after it was found in Tauranga Harbour.

Gate Pa School is up to their ears in pedals and tyres, after 50 bikes of all sizes were donated to excited children ready to ride

A baby orca is now at home swimming around a 6m wide Para pool on a council reserve overlooking the Tauranga harbour. On Wednesday

Tauranga police want to reunite property with owners recovered after two men were arrested this week.

Tongan voices sang hymns and songs from home as mourners packed the Katikati Christian Centre to overflowing in remembrance of the

There's far more to this gorgeous east coast centre than just the beach.