A Welcome Bay resident who lit a non-permitted fire on his property which quickly got out of control at the weekend could be prosecuted or have to pay the bill for putting the fire out.

One of three men who attempted to hold up the Katikati Park Rd Dairy and Waihi Mobil Service Station last June with a pistol and hammer has been jailed.

The school that used to employ a senior Tauranga teacher facing a charge under the Prostitution Reform Act is fighting to keep its identity secret.

Debbie Armstrong is still haunted by the memory of watching her husband die, but she has managed to carry on.

Danielle Wright finds a holiday park with 'complete silence' and an award for 100 per cent cleanliness the perfect antidote to Waimarino's Adventure Park thrill-rides.

Sailing around the world was not their intention, but a desire to share their art has made it a reality for a family of French acrobats.

Bay of Plenty police are following tips from the public on the identity of a man who was viciously assaulted in Mount Maunganui on New Year's Eve.

Police are trying to find a man who was viciously assaulted at Mount Maunganui last night.

Aucklanders have been warned their coastline harbours the same potentially fatal toxic shellfish that have led to a record spate of poisonings in the Bay of Plenty.

The world's only flying De Havilland Mosquito proved to be a huge drawcard yesterday for hundreds of aviation enthusiasts who crowded the tarmac outside Classic Flyers to welcome an aircraft making its first and last visit to Tauranga.

When 18-year-old Shannan Bell asked an earthmoving contractor if she could have a job operating his heavy machinery, she wasn't expecting him to say yes.

A senior Tauranga teacher facing a charge under the Prostitution Reform Act has lost his bid to keep his identity secret.

Convicted paedophile Trevor Hall has been sentenced to one year's home detention, prompting an outburst from the public gallery.

Two Tauranga men are accused of conspiring to recover a bucket containing $500,000 from an Omanawa property under police guard following a drug raid.

Police are dealing with reports of three suspected explosive devices throughout the Tauranga area.