The owners of a stranded luxury launch have put it up for sale after failing to free it from sand.

An old postcard has revealed skeletons under the Mt Maunganui beach and an academic says a new bill would allow access to be restricted.

Greg Meads enjoyed his final months of freedom in a plush beachfront home with another woman before being convicted of murder.

A launch believed to be worth more than $400,000 was this morning lying wrecked on the Tauranga coast after hitting rocks.

Two men who died after their vehicle crashed into a tree in Te Puke this morning were fleeing from police.

The trend for hobbies and habits of yesteryear is back in vogue your inner.

A man killed in a microlight aircraft crash at Tauranga Airport has been named. Counselling is being offered to witnesses of the accident.

The sister of murdered Paraparaumu man Raymond Piper says the family are relieved his body appears to have been found today, four months after he went missing.

Labour president Andrew Little says the party will act if any of its members are found to have been involved in a Super City voting scam.

Police have started another Super City electoral investigation, this time into allegations of bribery on the North Shore.

Police have widened their probe into a possible Super City voting scam to cover hundreds of people living in Hastings, Tauranga and Hamilton.