A Tauranga city councillor is getting paid $74,000 a year to spend an average of 22 hours a week on council business.

A group of girls have cut off their ponytails and donated their hair to a cause that will see their locks turned into wigs for women living with cancer.

The man who took it upon himself to dish out street justice to convicted paedophile Trevor Hall says he would do it again if given the chance.

A prominent Tauranga professional is accused of seriously assaulting a young boy, which allegedly resulted in the child spending two days in hospital.

The mysterious case of the exploding fridge has been solved - and it wasn't the vegetables.

A 46-year-old Tauranga man has been arrested and charged with assaulting Trevor Hall, the convicted paedophile who sexually abused a 7-year-old girl.

Two women are in hospital after being set upon by two pitbull-type dogs in "a very nasty attack" in an Otaki Beach driveway this morning.

Reports of a peeping Tom in Tauranga have police warning people to be aware of what is outside their window.

Multiple options for prime Tauranga spot.

Passionate golfer John Foley has waited 20 years to get a hole-in-one, but even he was shocked when the event aligned with an auspicious sequence of numbers.

A teenager has been praised for helping to stop a dog attack on an elderly man who was covered in blood.

Tauranga City Council has started a major restructure that could see 45 jobs lost and save the organisation $2.7 million.

A Tauranga man is on trial defending allegations that he kissed and fondled two young girls and tried to persuade them to be photographed naked with the aim of selling the images online.

A woman who set her pitbull dog on her sister - inflicting horrific injuries - has been jailed for seven years.