The iconic Mount Maunganui New Year's Eve event held on Mount Main Beach has been axed.

The jewellery and possessions stolen from Brett Morrison's home in Papamoa have still not been recovered, as well as all the wedding

Tauranga woman Tori Eglinton has taken out the top award in the Hawke's Bay racing's Fashion in the Field. "It's a bit mental,"

Jurnee McCaskill will soon be able to hear through both ears for the first time in her life. The 9-year-old had a cochlear implant

A ship carrying palm kernel extract that's been barred from entering New Zealand for nearly a month should be sent back to Malaysia, says Damien O'Connor.

There's a big hole in Lance Carter's life. A hole that was previously filled by Leigh Rhodes, the love of his life.

The earrings are being auctioned on Trade Me to raise funds for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation.

Worn at the red carpet premiere of Chasing Great, Gemma Flynn's earrings are being auctioned off for charity.

This will be a good weekend to check out the museum or cuddle up with a book as heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast for parts of the country.

Sandra Conchie / Calls for State Highway 2 safety works on notorious Apata S-bend after head-on smash / Notorious road: Apata

A recent study suggests 25 million people worldwide have had a near-death experience. Kiwis reveal encounters that transformed their lives.

EXPANDING: Otumoetai College principal Dave Randell says the school roll is growing quickly. Photo/File A_290414gn10bop.JPGFUNDING

World Car-Free Day comes to Tauranga with surprising results. Made with funding from NZ on Air

World Car-Free Day comes to Tauranga with surprising results.

The East Coast Lab has been launched to research New Zealand’s least understood subduction zone, the Hikurangi Trough. Made with funding from NZ on Air

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Brett Morrison has suffered another blow after discovering his late wife's jewellery has been stolen. On Tuesday morning, Mr Morrison

When Australian songstress Delta Goodrem performed in Auckland, they delayed the show for 20 minutes while waiting for the arrival

Leanne Thompson has won her third battle with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after first being diagnosed with the disease when she was 26.

A Coroner's Inquest has heard how a non-swimmer tried to save his friend's life after he fell into the water at Lake McLaren last year.

A National Basketball League franchise based in the Bay of Plenty is a step closer today after Tauranga City Basketball officially

Slum resident Jeetu Chawla worked every night at Kentucky Fried Chicken while studying at the University of Delhi.

A die-hard Delta Goodrem fan - and double amputee - is off to see her idol in Auckland tonight after radio hosts stepped in to save the day.

Eric Murray has been called in to help track down a scared little dog which fled during a Tauranga fireworks show that has since come under fire online.

This city has reached the turning point needed to stop it turning into a sprawling, impersonal, traffic congested mini-Auckland, experts say.

House sales in Mount Maunganui/Papamoa rose year-on-year last month while Tauranga sales volumes dropped.

A Tauranga truck driver has been lauded as a hero for stopping to rescue an elderly man's mobility scooter stuck on railway tracks - moments before a train arrived.

A police spokeswoman said they were called to a two-car collision around 3.20pm.

Grieving parents of a woman who died 14 months after she suffered horrific injuries in a cycling accident will scatter her ashes in her favourite swimming spot.

Teacher aide humbled to be given a second chance