Bay Of Plenty

Rotorua residents say the concession of more emergency housing contracts will take a toll on the community.

Kiwifruit orchard foreman Dave Trafford takes Leah Tebbutt through the vines on the back of the quad bike, where mere metres apart the vines change from luscious and green, to barren as if they've…

Cargo volumes at the Tauranga port are down as shipping delays and congestion continues to be problematic.

A Rotorua tourism business has gone into liquidation after failing to claw itself back following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mana whenua have placed a rāhui over Lake Rotomā following a fatal crash on State Highway 30 in the Bay of Plenty.

The search continues for a kayaker reported overdue on Lake Rotorua yesterday afternoon.

A waterfront Bay of Plenty real estate listing no one wants to buy comes with a catch - the town's Mongrel Mob president says they were seized unethically, and he'll fight to stay.

A digger-driving stevedore from Tauranga has paved the way for port workers to get better conditions, after years of legal battles.

One person died in a Bay of Plenty crash last night, taking the Labour weekend road toll to three.

A resident says Rotorua has become a "ghost town" because of the rise on motels serving as emergency housing.

Tania Tapsell has been officially sworn in as Rotorua's mayor, a role she says is the "greatest honour" of her life.

Five men and three women have been arrested after an operation targeting the manufacture and supply of methamphetamine.

The Crown's application to appeal the home detention sentence passed down to Meyer has been declined but the High Court has given a scathing review of how the case was handled.

The first cruise ship to visit New Zealand shores for the summer cruise season will dock at the Port of Tauranga today.

One person is dead and another in hospital following a crash near Matata in Bay of Plenty last night.

Lines crews took untill the early morning to get power back to thousands of properties in Tauranga, plunged into darkness late last night.

Analysis - Rotorua will be looking to its new mayor Tania Tapsell to find solutions - and fast.

Fruit growers across the central North Island are counting their losses after a heavy decimated crops.