When Emma Diprose climbed into the ring, she was using her feet as well as her fists.

Ten fire crews battled the blaze early this morning.

The man tragically killed in a crash on Friday was a young local father.

The fatal crash happened on Friday evening in Te Puke.

Te Puke Intermediate's netball academy is proving to be a great asset.

Emergency services are at a crash in Te Puke.

The Young Grower of the Year competition will be held in Christchurch next week.

Te Puke Country Lodge resident Elizabeth Forbes has celebrated her 104th birthday

A Te Puke man will take on the world's best tree climbers in this year's championships.

One person was trapped after a crash in the Te Puke Highway.

Te Puke visionary Jim Pendergrast was a founder of the Otanewainuku Kiwi Trust.

Tauranga and Te Puke fought out a tight game but Mount Maunganui lead the competition.

Pukehina School has just 10 students left on its roll. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Fungus found in a 25-year-old ramarama plant in a private garden in Bay of Plenty town.

Myrtle rust has been found in the Bay of Plenty.

Talented equestrians alike will perform under the spotlight at Equidays 2017.

Sweet Louise is solely dedicated to supporting women with breast cancer.

Skatepark already proving hugely popular, with competitors from as far away as Auckland.

Three Bay students are to attend a week-long environmental forum

Average weekly rents in the Western Bay of Plenty have increased 37.5 per cent in 2 years.

A roading upgrade in Te Puke, funded by the NZTA and Western Bay of Plenty District Council, has caused unrest as residents and business owners air their issues with the changes in the town. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Aiden Lints defies doctors' predictions after spine partially severed in crash.

A Whangarei orchardist is hoping to emulate the success of his mentor, who took out the 2014 Young Fruit Grower of the Year in the Bay of Plenty. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A treasure trove of bird's eye-view photographs taken since the 1930s are now available to the public online. The new website shows

The 38-year-old man suffered a neck injury when he plunged into a Te Puke pool yesterday,

A man was hospitalised after being repeatedly hit on the head with a baseball bat in Te Puke last night.

Blind in one eye, glaucoma in the other, living in space no bigger than the average-sized bathroom, many may view 74-year-old Scotty

A crash which blocked one of the Bay of Plenty's busiest highways this morning was caused by a driver stopping to allow ducklings to cross the road.

A truck driver was quick to help rescue a woman trapped in her upside-down car.

The man killed in a crash on State Highway 2 near Pongakawa yesterday morning has been named as Martin John Ferry of Tauranga, police said.