Latest from Tauranga
Frostbitten workers cost company $22k
A fish processing company has been ordered to pay $22,000 after two of its employees suffered frostbite while unloading fish from a vessel last year.
'What the dickens has happened here?'
A truck driver's sneeze is thought to have sparked a dramatic crash that brought a power pole and lines down on a Tauranga house.
Controversial legal high in huge demand
More than 100 people entered a Tauranga store to buy the controversial synthetic cannabis Kryptonite yesterday morning.
New legal high leaves teens violently ill
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 injured in four-way Welcome Bay crash
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.
Disabled rider 'humiliated' by bus driver
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.
Woman airlifted from Omanawa Falls
A woman trapped down a steep rock face at the Omanawa Falls was airlifted to safety last night.
City pays $1.3 million to ex-staff
Tauranga City Council has made payouts totalling $1.3 million to former staff.
Man fined $45,800 for felling natives
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.
Bay of Plenty woman on DPB 32 years
A Tauranga beneficiary has been receiving Government handouts for more than three decades.
Motorbike businessman in fraud trial
A former Tauranga businessman is on trial defending allegations by his business partner that he siphoned $625,000 from their motorbike dealership.
Naked ride gets more butts on seats
The Tauranga leg of a controversial World Naked Bike Ride has been labelled a success despite attracting less than 10 participants.
Sea lettuce impact revealed
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.
Tauranga tsunami siren u-turn likely
Air raid sirens are likely for Tauranga's coastal strip in what looks set to be an about-turn by city leaders.
Tauranga taxi driver beaten and robbed
A Tauranga teenager has admitted his role in the vicious beating and robbery of a city taxi driver.
Naked men forced to swim to safety
Two naked fishermen had to make a desperate swim to Matakana Island after their kayak sank in Tauranga Harbour.
Court to choose Rena's fate if community can't decide
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.
Louts make bus stop no-go zone
Youth brawls and intimidating behaviour continue to drive people away from the Willow St bus stop in Tauranga.