A 39-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a Tauranga toddler who died of head injuries last month. Seventeen-month-old Sadie-Leigh Gardner suffered the injuries on 27 March. She was taken to Auckland's Starship Hospital, but died two......

A two-year-old boy has died in Whakatāne in what the police describe as a potential drowning. They say emergency services were called to the incident near Sullivan Lake shortly before nine this morning. Inquiries are continuing. ...

Multiple fire appliances and helicopters are fighting a bush fire in Reporoa this afternoon. It's understood that nearly five square km of bush has been burning near Settlers Rd in Reporoa, stretching along about two kms. The NZ Fire and Emergency......

Two people were injured in a crash involving two motorbikes on the Te Puke Highway this morning. One has critical injuries and the other has moderate injuries. The police say there have been no road deaths to date during the Easter break. ...

For a national Wakeboarding champion, Darren Bishop lives a far different life to what most people would expect. The 31-year-old from Tauranga says work takes priority for him these days, and he gets out on the water a few times a week, or whenever......

A Tauranga mother is struggling to come to terms with the heartache of finding out her daughter has a terminal illness. “It is extremely stressful, not to mention sad. My baby girl is dying. One day soon I won’t be able to hold her and......

    Police have arrested a 28-year-old male associate of the Comanchero gang in relation to an aggravated robbery incident last year. The aggravated robbery, and subsequent alleged assault of a police officer, happened in Mount Maunganui,......

The investigations into the injuries and deaths of three Bay of Plenty children are still ongoing. Police are currently investigating the death of a two-year-old girl who was found on the tidal flats at Little Waihi on March 21. On March 26, the......

People travelling through the Bay of Plenty are being warned of delays on State Highway 35 following a logging truck crash. NZTA says a fully-laden logging truck has crashed on the highway, near Maraenui Hill. "The highway is reduced to one lane......

Another case of measles has been reported in the Bay of Plenty region. This now brings the total number of measles cases in the area in the last month to six. “The most recent case, reported last night, is linked to the previous cases in the......