The eruption on the volcanic island appears to have deposited material over north side of the crater floor.

A Tauranga family has been reunited with their beloved cat 16 months after it went missing.

WARNING: Graphic image. In an exclusive interview the cleaner caught on a meat hook reveals he tried to kill himself after the horrifying workplace injury.

The suspicious death of a former Tauranga woman has devastated her friends and family, who remember a kind, funny and caring woman.

The death of a 5-year-old girl, killed while out riding her bicycle yesterday, could have been prevented, her family says.

A young Tauranga girl has died when she was hit by a four wheel drive while riding her bike.

Dogs will be allowed to have the last splash at Memorial Pool before the complex closes its doors for the winter season.

Andrew Buenter admits the fare at the Mt Maunganui Returned and Services Association used to be a standing joke.

A Maori academic who died suddenly during a celebratory occasion at the University of Waikato is being remembered as a passionate advocate and educator.

Export kiwifruit on hold after traces of mechanical lubricant were found on some plastic tray liner.

A financial adviser with clients in the Waikato and the Bay of Plenty has pleaded guilty in the Tauranga District Court to a $1.4 million fraud.

New figures show a surge in the numbers of Aucklanders fleeing the city in favour of Tauranga. Reporter Jamie Morton wonders what has taken them so long.

A man is in a critical condition tonight after being hit by a truck in the early hours of this morning in Tauranga.

A man has been flown to Tauranga Hospital after his car rolled down a bank in the wider Bay of Plenty.

Tauranga has been deluged by torrential rain this morning with a street closing to vehicles due to flooding.

"There is a steady increase of women being abducted, tied up, put in the boot of cars, taken away to the bush or the beach, or their partners having utensils to bury them."

Good old Auckland Domestic. I was glad to see a Dunkin' Donuts had opened down the regional end of the terminal.

Five years ago, Suzy Atkin made the goal that she would own her own home by the time she was 30. Now at 30, her dream seems further away than ever.

A dog owner at war with her Auckland neighbours has progressed to a new home - and a brand new controversy - a little further south.

Patricia Greig has a fairy tale stay at a luxury country house near Tauranga.

When asked to sum up what 50 years of marriage is like, Tauranga man Murray Ellis did not pause for a second.

The body recovered from the surf at Mt Maunganui has been identified as belonging to a young Nepalese man.

The body of a foreign 22-year-old male was recovered from the surf at Mt Maunganui this morning.