More than 100 people entered a Tauranga store to buy the controversial synthetic cannabis Kryptonite yesterday morning.

Two teenagers say a new legal high they smoked contained ecstasy - and left them vomiting with no control over their muscles or bodily functions.

Two people were injured this morning in a four vehicle crash in Tauranga which blocked State Highway 2 near the southern end of Welcome Bay Rd.

A partially-sighted Tauranga woman was reduced to pushing aside her fringe to reveal an empty eye socket before a bus driver agreed to issue her a concession fare.

A woman trapped down a steep rock face at the Omanawa Falls was airlifted to safety last night.

Tauranga City Council has made payouts totalling $1.3 million to former staff.

A man who paid for the illegal felling of native trees so he could have an unobstructed harbour view from his spa pool has been fined $45,800.

A Tauranga beneficiary has been receiving Government handouts for more than three decades.

A former Tauranga businessman is on trial defending allegations by his business partner that he siphoned $625,000 from their motorbike dealership.

The Tauranga leg of a controversial World Naked Bike Ride has been labelled a success despite attracting less than 10 participants.

An estimated 2.4 tonnes of drifting sea lettuce is entering Tauranga's Waikareao Estuary on each cycle of the tide during the worst affected times of the year.

Air raid sirens are likely for Tauranga's coastal strip in what looks set to be an about-turn by city leaders.

Two naked fishermen had to make a desperate swim to Matakana Island after their kayak sank in Tauranga Harbour.

The future of Rena will be left in the hands of the Environment Court if the Western Bay of Plenty community can't make up its mind.

Youth brawls and intimidating behaviour continue to drive people away from the Willow St bus stop in Tauranga.

An explosion which rocked suburban Welcome Bay, Tauranga, this afternoon was allegedly caused by a man using explosives to build a rocket.

A Tauranga accountant accused of siphoning $112,125 from her adult son's trust account has won an interim bid to keep her identity secret.

A Go Bus driver who was carrying 19 Bethlehem College students when he collided with a ute on State Highway 2 has been convicted of careless driving and discharged.

Tauranga's longest serving paramedic has decided to call it a day after a 48-year association with St John.