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.

The lawyer for a man cleared of charges for jogging in the nude says the case is proof of New Zealand's growing tolerance.

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.

The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has been criticised for serious failings in the care it provided a mental health patient who later committed suicide.

A man who disappeared after a fatal boating accident in Tauranga has been arrested and appeared in court.

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 blind beekeeper has been told to remove his hives from a Tauranga City Council reserve because some of the lawn mowing contractor's staff are allergic to bee stings.

A scorned lover who set fire to her ex's flat has been jailed for three years in an emotional appearance at Tauranga District Court today.

The body of a man missing for more than a week after a dinghy he was in capsized off Tauranga is believed to have been recovered.

A man who crash-landed his gyrocopter in the shallows of Tauranga Harbour says his biggest injury was to his pride.