Bay Of Plenty

The government will consider a report saying a proposed law to introduce Māori seats on the Rotorua council is discriminatory. Audio

Whakatāne District Council is considering tightening its sinking lid policy on gambling machines as a way to minimise gambling harm.

The Local Government Minister is extending their roles at Tauranga City Council until an election in two years.

Police are resuming the search for missing fisherman Jason Kauta in eastern Bay of Plenty this morning.

A 100-litre white chilly bin believed to belong to a missing fisherman has washed up on the shoreline of Whale Island.

Whānau of a missing fisherman will continue looking for him when the police search ends.

The search for a fisherman who has been missing since Sunday in the Ōpōtiki District settlement of Tōrere continues today.

Police are appealing for sightings of several items of interest in relation to a missing fisherman in Tōrere.

Under the proposal, five reserves would be sold to Kāinga Ora, three to private developers, and two would become pensioner housing, documents obtained by Local Democracy Reporting suggest.

The Māori Authority is calling for an investigation after white supremacist pamphlets appeared in Tauranga.

The former leaseholder says it's "not good enough" the council does not have a plan for the closed category one heritage-listed building in Rotorua.

It's hoped the new local body election system for Tauranga will remedy a 'historic failure' to represent all of the city's communities.

Police say they were alerted about 1.15pm today and despite emergency services attending, the person died at the scene.

Awakeri Scouts will be able to stay in their den for another 10 years, at a cost of $120,000 to the Whakatāne District Council.

Bay of Plenty doctor David Holland, 31, did not show up for work on 11 March after he was believed to have gone swimming.

Tauranga's rates could increase 13.7 percent next year, with commissioners insisting it is necessary to pay for infrastructure.

MetService says the rain has the potential to be an "extreme event" and people are urged to keep up to date with advice in case the warnings are escalated.

The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown did not breach the treaty in not allowing an individual settlement for the tangata whenua of Mōtītī Island.

As Aucklanders clean up from the wild weather, parts of Bay of Plenty and Gisborne may be next in the firing line. Audio

Chocolate fish, free t-shirts and a book named Fifteen Shades of Climate were among more than $112,000 in credit card purchases by Bay of Plenty leaders last year.