Yoda's legacy shows dogged determination.

About 140 people are currently living without basic shelter within walking distances of one of the region's most vulnerable schools, it was revealed at a community meeting last night.

Austin Manning has received life-changing surgery in America at St Louis Children Hospital.

An airbrushed tattoo on a 5-year-old has become an internet phenomenon that could bring smiles to the faces of children at Starship Children's Health.

A school's right to get tough on pot puffing international pupils is under examination today.

Tauranga means "continuous settlement". It is a place my whanau has stayed, long before the arrival of settlers to the area.

Pipeline was to carry human and industrial waste from Tauranga through the middle of mostly Maori-owned peninsula.

Mother of three Sue Gaskell-Barlow is participating in groundbreaking ME Support Bay of Plenty charitable trust programme Towards Wellness.

Convicted killer and drug dealer Dean Wickliffe has been refused parole because he poses an "undue risk" to the community, says the NZ Parole Board.

One of New Zealand's top surf lifesavers has pleaded guilty to wilful damage in relation to an incident which occurred in Australia.

The eruption on the volcanic island appears to have deposited material over north side of the crater floor.

A Tauranga family has been reunited with their beloved cat 16 months after it went missing.

WARNING: Graphic image. In an exclusive interview the cleaner caught on a meat hook reveals he tried to kill himself after the horrifying workplace injury.

The suspicious death of a former Tauranga woman has devastated her friends and family, who remember a kind, funny and caring woman.

The death of a 5-year-old girl, killed while out riding her bicycle yesterday, could have been prevented, her family says.

A young Tauranga girl has died when she was hit by a four wheel drive while riding her bike.