An eyewitness to an altercation involving AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd today says the rocker was warned: "Back up. I don't want to break your face."

A man accused of stabbing another person in an incident believed to be related to the find of a man’s body in a Tauranga driveway has appeared in court.

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd is defending charges against him including one of threatening to kill.

AC/DC rocker Phil Rudd's son has been discharged without conviction on two counts of assault, despite police concerns he tried to use his dad's fame to get off the charges.

A teenager who left behind a trail of blood before he was found lifeless in a Tauranga driveway yesterday morning has been named.

Ex-AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd appeared in court this morning, where he winked at media, drummed a rhythm on the dock then jumped on his security guard's back.

Danielle Wright takes her grandmother Dolina for a walk down memory lane at Yatton Park.

A man who police claim was approached to kill two people at the behest of AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has refused to discuss his apparent links to an alleged murder plot.

The man who dove in to Tauranga Harbour to rescue an unconscious jetskier said it was a "no-brainer" decision to try to help him.

A daredevil jetski rider has a blood clot on the brain after his signature backflip went disastrously wrong as he was thrilling a big crowd at the Tauranga Boat Expo.

Tauranga combines art and nature's ingenuity in a festival that enthrals Donna McIntyre.

Quick thinking, adrenaline and a childhood spent swimming swollen rivers proved useful for Deane O'Connor when he jumped into icy water to save a man.

One person is dead after a car and Tauranga's mobile library bus crashed in Welcome Bay, as emergency services try to free another man still trapped.

The Hairy Maclary sculpture project planned for Tauranga's redeveloped waterfront is closing in on its fundraising target.

The two women who became lost in the Kaimai Ranges have been found, unhurt and in good spirits.

Surf lifesavers trying to find the body of missing boy Jack Dixon will decide whether to continue their search on Friday.

A Tauranga 13-year-old who had a baby this year is the youngest person to have given birth in the Bay of Plenty in the past seven years.

A Tauranga security guard who tried to hire a hitman to kill his parents has been sentenced to 11 months' home detention.

Wayne Redman clung to the upturned hull of his boat for hours in icy-cold water fearing he might not survive.

Tauranga has been put on the celebrity-pooch map after global superstar Lady Gaga bought a month's worth of dog food from a Tauranga company.

Coffee and Weet-Bix were what a fisherman needed after spending four hours in the cold waters of Tauranga Harbour.

A fisherman missing on the Tauranga Harbour since midnight last night has been found after making his way to shore.

A man caught with a slug gun near a Tauranga Work and Income office this morning told police he intended selling it.

Police are seeking to identify a man who arrived at Tauranga Hospital and was able to give only his first name.

Former cop and convicted rapist Brad Shipton has a rare and aggressive form of dementia.