A pizza delivery man was robbed at gunpoint in Tauranga last night.

The two women who became lost in the Kaimai Ranges have been found, unhurt and in good spirits.

Surf lifesavers trying to find the body of missing boy Jack Dixon will decide whether to continue their search on Friday.

A Tauranga 13-year-old who had a baby this year is the youngest person to have given birth in the Bay of Plenty in the past seven years.

A Tauranga security guard who tried to hire a hitman to kill his parents has been sentenced to 11 months' home detention.

Wayne Redman clung to the upturned hull of his boat for hours in icy-cold water fearing he might not survive.

Tauranga has been put on the celebrity-pooch map after global superstar Lady Gaga bought a month's worth of dog food from a Tauranga company.

Coffee and Weet-Bix were what a fisherman needed after spending four hours in the cold waters of Tauranga Harbour.

Police are seeking to identify a man who arrived at Tauranga Hospital and was able to give only his first name.

Former cop and convicted rapist Brad Shipton has a rare and aggressive form of dementia.

A worker had a butcher’s knife held to his neck in a terrifying early morning armed robbery in Tauranga today.

A homemade video showcasing a Tauranga man's encounters with local marine life has taken on a life of its own online.

Silvio Kors' first concern after hearing a loud bang and seeing his windscreen crack while driving was that he'd hit someone.

Video footage of what appears to be a man "car surfing" off the back of a moving car is being slammed by road safety authorities as "incredibly dangerous" and "stupid".

'I'm not saying it'll be a skip in the tulips - but it can be done.' A city councillor in Tauranga believes he won't have to quit if he gets into Parliament at the election.

Tauranga's coroner says "significant and serious failures" in the health care provided at Tauranga Hospital to two patients contributed to their premature deaths.

Helicopter monsoon buckets were yesterday used to clear loose material from above two highways - one of which was closed by an early morning rockfall.

Shipping giant Maersk Line, and Fonterra-backed logistics company Kotahi have signed 10-year contracts aimed at supporting the port's plan to deepen its channel by 2016.

The NZ Transport Agency is using a helicopter carrying a monsoon bucket to wash away debris on the side of cliffs that are threatening to crumble and cause slips on State Highway 36 between Tauranga and Rotorua.

Small town New Zealand does wonderful and whacky to keep up our winter spirits.

Armed police rushed to an incident near Tauranga this morning after receiving reports of someone waving a firearm from a vehicle.

Police and coastguard staff say two tourists who took a drunken early morning harbour swim from Tauranga to Mt Maunganui are lucky to be alive.

A German tourist swam from Tauranga Harbour to Mount Maunganui after a night on the town.

Danielle Wright discovers clubs happy to welcome you in out of the cold.

A young mother who crashed her car into a park bench, catapulting her two children from the bonnet, did not "engage her brain", a court hears.

Severe rain and wind warnings and a drop in temperatures have been issued for parts of the South Island and lower North Island this weekend.