Bay Of Plenty

The death of a man in Whakatāne on Sunday night followed a "gang-related disorder incident", police said.

Port of Tauranga's major shareholder is looking at a possible sell-down of its majority 54 percent stake in the country's biggest port.

Bay of Plenty police are warning drivers not to get behind the wheel drunk, after a rise in the number of impaired motorists being caught.

Police in Whakatāne have launched a homicide investigation after the death of a man in his 20s last night.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after the body of a missing 28-year-old was found in Bay of Plenty this week.

Pushing pause on policies that affect bars and the sale of alcohol in Tauranga is "positive for the city", a shop owner says.

Street dining in Tauranga will soon cost businesses across the city instead of just some in the centre of town.

Heavy industry is set to stay in Mount Maunganui despite air pollution problems, but stricter controls have been put in place on what will be allowed in future.

A hunter has been shot and killed in the Urewera Ranges, sparking a police investigation.

A person has died in a workplace incident where a quad bike rolled in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty.

The Ombudsman's call to open council workshops is a "hard nut to crack", a Western Bay of Plenty councillor says.

A fire allowed to burn for hours, a door with four locks, holes in the walls and scattered rubbish - these are some of the living conditions at Rotorua's Spa Lodge described in a council assessment.

Two Tauranga hapū will be able to reconnect with their whenua with reserve land likely to be returned to them.

The council issued the lodge two dangerous building notices within a week.

Edgecumbe farmers say large-scale solar farms on some of the Rangitaiki Plains' most elite soil is short-sighted.

A man convicted of a double-murder more than 30 years ago whose case is back in court is hopeful the facts will be looked at. Audio

The commission that administers the city has reconsidered after submissions from a business owner.

Reviews into how authorities did during the year's biggest storms are carrying on months after defences were found wanting.

"I am resisting the urge to say 'I told you so'," one councillor said.

Police say it appears a person has critical injuries after a vehicle crashed in Te Puke.