Bay Of Plenty

Development of wahi tapu land on Whakatane's coast could be stalled by iwi occupation after commissioners consented to a 240-section housing subdivision and retirement village next to an ancient…

An Ōpōtiki teacher said their principal had her home burgled while they were out helping all their students evacuate during the tsunami alerts.

A Civil Defence official says word-of-mouth was vital in getting out evacuation orders in the Bay of Plenty following a tsunami warning.

Port of Tauranga workers have started receiving their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine today.

A 31-year-old man has died after a stabbing in Eastern Bay of Plenty early this morning.

The country's biggest port has slightly increased profits, despite a drop in ship visits and cargo volumes.

Officials are scrambling to see if they can do anything for the mill, where more than 200 jobs are at risk.

Bay of Plenty social support agencies are pointing to the cost of housing as a major driver of increasing social need in the community.

A man has been charged in connection with the shooting of a motorcyclist on State Highway 30 in Eastern Bay of Plenty.

Iwi have made it clear they will not be participating in the "desecration" of their sacred, ancestral lands, set to be developed for housing.

An ancient urupa where bodies are ferried by waka is at the centre of resource consent clash in Whakatane.

A rental agent sees people desperate to find a home coming to his office in tears and a property developer predicts Tauranga will run out of land to build houses on in the next two years.

One resident remains defiant as Eastern Bay councils prepare to officially end rights to live in the area of Matatā devastated by a debris flow in 2005.