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Tiki Taane: Cop wanted to prove a point

Following his arrest, singer Tiki Taane fears for artists if they can't express themselves freely.

Tiki Taane: One police officer upset at N.W.A song

Singer Tiki Taane says a nightclub altercation started after a police officer became upset at the lyrics of a song he was singing...

Anti-police song lands Tiki Taane in court

New CEO of Tauranga City Council named

Tauranga City Council has announced its new Chief Executive.

Tiki Taane arrested at Tauranga gig

Singer Tiki Taane has been charged with disorderly behaviour likely to cause violence.

Trio acquitted of 2007 murder

Plan to track Bay of Plenty sex-infection carriers

Interiors: Home in the Grange

When Cherie Jeffery and Paul Jenness built a barn-style home, there was no debate about how it would look.

AC/DC drummer's appeal succeeds

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd, who lives in Tauranga, has had his cannabis conviction quashed on the grounds that it would have stopped him from continuing to tour with the rock band. The 56-year-old pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined...

Poppy seed bread to blame for triathlete's drug levels

Man remains in critical condition after quarry accident

Man burnt after explosion in Katikati house

From little flower to a monster in 100 days

A pumpkin the size of a tractor wheel and the weight of two baby elephants made a perfect-sized sofa for Ella Gordon-Scapens.

Road closed after logging truck rolls

Out-of-control P scene at time of murders, court told

Magnitude 5.0 earthquake rattles Bay of Plenty

TV Pick of the week: Homai Te Pakipaki

Man charged over crash with cop

A driver involved in a head-on collision that seriously injured one of the Western Bay of Plenty's top cops has been charged.