A quick-thinking 11-year-old boy and a computer chair saved precious time and quality of life when Vinnie Smith suffered a stroke on Christmas Eve.

The police dive quad has arrived in Tauranga to help in the search for an Indian man who went missing while swimming at a popular Tauranga lake.

A 73-year-old woman was seriously injured when she was thrown from a horse-drawn cart and kicked in the stomach today.

Auckland prices see family looking further afield to find a home

A Tauranga man has handed himself into police after footage was released connecting him to an assault on a woman in a shop in the Bay of Plenty.

An iwi consortium bidding to buy Tauranga's state houses has chosen a Masterton liquor trust to manage the houses if it wins the tender.

Missing Tauranga woman Alice Campbell, aged 30, has made contact with Police who have confirmed she is safe.

A little girl missing in Mount Maunganui overnight has been located safe and well.

October 1 will forever be etched into the minds of Mount Maunganui residents - it was the day a tragedy brought an entire city together.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist suffered head injuries in a crash in the Bay of Plenty last night.

Tauranga police have asked for the public's help to find Elisha Jade Smith, 16, who went missing on Tuesday, September 1.

The Government says it intends to sell a majority of Tauranga's state houses to a single buyer or consortium.

Car imports should be moved from Auckland to Northport at Marsden Pt, says Ports of Tauranga boss Mark Cairns.

Mature jobseekers in New Zealand often face prejudice when searching for work because of their age, a new survey has found.

Port of Tauranga felt the chill wind of a commodities downturn in its result for the year to June 30, posting a modest 1 per cent improvement in net profit to $79.1 million.

Tauranga woman who's struggled to find work says she wants to reach out and offer her support to those in similar situations, after emails from well-wishers.

A humbling and fitting farewell for war hero, father and friend Les Munro was held in Tauranga this afternoon.

Aucklanders are leaving in such numbers that half the house sales in the Waikato outside Hamilton and nearly a quarter in Tauranga are to those from the big city.

A fire is a woodshed in under investigation this morning after a person was seriously injured in the blaze.

A car has left the road and crashed into a house in Tauranga this afternoon.

Motorists are driving in excess of 125 km/h on the new Tauranga Eastern Link road and police fear someone could be killed.

A manhunt is underway in Tauranga after a man appearing in court for wounding with intent jumped out of the dock and took off.

There are some tall tales that ring true enough to feed into the legend of Rudd - sex, drugs and rock'n'roll.

Rocker Phil Rudd is due to be sentenced on charges of threatening to kill and possessing methamphetamine and cannabis today.

Find out which New Zealand towns have grown the fastest over the past 80 years.

Sunshine and a better paying job were reasons enough to make the Kontzes pack up in Palmerston North and move to Tauranga two years ago.

Tauranga and Whakatane have been New Zealand's fastest growing towns over the past 80 years.

Three young women have been rescued from the Kaimai Range by Tauranga police and search and rescue.

A 42-year-old Tauranga man was in hospital with serious head injuries after the assault.