Building consents in the Bay of Plenty continue to reach new levels, records show.

Safety on State Highway 2 will dominate a meeting tonight after a horrific crash that killed five people.

Riza Maria watched in horror as a car carrying five of her workmates turned on to a state highway and into a collision with a logging truck.

A memorial service was today held at the workplace of the five men killed in last night's horror crash near Katikati.

Moss Burmester is asking athletes at the Rio games to protest the International Olympics Committee decision to not completely ban Russia.

The family of the woman killed and the man injured while changing a tyre on a busy Tauranga highway have spoken of their shock and grief.

Colleagues of a former vehicle salesman killed as he changed the tyre of a car spent a day paying tribute to him using the motto "Sell, sell, sell".

UPDATE 2.57pm: A police spokesperson said police spoke to two young men at the scene and confiscated a plastic BB gun. The gun had

Police say pair killed in a horrific Bay of Plenty crash yesterday were attempting to change a car tyre.

Some Bay of Plenty road safety advocates are backing a call for stiffer penalties for drivers caught using their cell phones while

The Department of Conservation is concerned for the health of the orca calf swimming off the Bay of Plenty coast. The calf appears

Tainui Group Holdings last week announced it was seeking expressions of interest from a range of world class port operators for Ruakura

More Bay of Plenty firefighters are seeking professional support to help them deal with trauma and major events in their work and personal life.

More than $1.5 billion of property has been sold in Tauranga this year with almost 1 in every 5 properties snapped up by Aucklanders.

Staff at women's clothing chain Valleygirl are out of pocket and facing an uncertain future as the company is placed in administration.

A man is in a serious condition in Tauranga Hospital following a raid on a suspected methamphetamine lab. Police this morning located

Managers of a Tauranga bar say telling Pokemon fans they will be kicked out if they are caught playing the popular new game at the venue was a brilliant marketing stunt.

Police are appealing for help piecing together the last moments of the life of a Tauranga man whose body was found in surf at Mount Maunganui Main Beach.

Dramatic footage of a terrifying robbery that left a shopkeeper traumatised has been released as police hunt for the offenders.

A Tauranga couple who lost their sea view after a real estate agent failed to tell them about a neighbour's plans will appeal.

Police are today still searching for the hammer-wielding man and his accomplice involved in traumatic aggravated robbery in Tauranga last night.

Two mask-wearing men have robbed a Cameron Rd dairy armed with a hammer.

The plane at the centre of this morning's mid-air drama over the Bay of Plenty has landed safely.

When most 16-year-olds were figuring out the NCEA system and counting up credits, Tauranga-born Jolene Skeen was off to university.

Two bay pupils now have another way to stay fit and active after being surprised with bikes thanks to the generosity of Tauranga's

They missed out on scooping the historic $40 million Lotto prize but a Mount Maunganui winner was still "stunned" when they unwittingly claimed almost $20,000.

Some of NZ's biggest musical stars will come together in Tauranga to pay homage to Bob Marley with an outdoor concert at the end of this year.

Like the suburb's residents, the trees in Greerton, Tauranga are rugged up in winter woollies.

An electrical fault in an external air conditioning unit is suspected to have caused a fire that damaged the Bayfair branch of physiotherapy business Body in Motion.

The future looks brighter for Kiwi kids living in hardship in Tauranga and Auckland thanks to the announcement of a new partnership