Bay Of Plenty

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.

A large search for missing man David Holland through Pāpāmoa sand dunes will take place tomorrow.

Two senior political leaders are frustrated over the lack of police and council action regarding violence in a Rotorua street.

Tauranga is the only city in New Zealand that will not have an election come October.

The resignation of Simon Bridges is forcing a by-election for the Tauranga seat - but who will step into the ring is anyone's guess.

Police are appealing for information about missing Tauranga man David Holland.

Tauranga is not getting its council back, with Minister for Local Government Nanaia Mahuta leaving commissioners in place for at least another two years.

Ōpōtiki district councillor Barry Howe has been found in breach of the council's code of conduct after revealing confidential council information on social media.

They say the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, but one Rotorua pensioner just wants the council to mow her berm.

Financial mentors are urging people to seek advice as many households remain under pressure due to the impacts of Covid-19.

Lake weed on a $40 million lakefront redevelopment is causing a stench in Rotorua and has so far cost ratepayers about $20,000 to clear.

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Police have arrested a second man in relation to an aggravated robbery and an assault in Tāneatua, Bay of Plenty, on Monday.

Cafes and restaurants in Mount Maunganui are run off their feet as they wait for the return of backpackers on working holidays to ease their staffing crisis.

Police believe the man assaulted a 65-year-old man outside the bakery on Tuhoe Street on Monday afternoon and that he was linked to an earlier assualt of a 57-year-old man who later died.