Home loan interest rates likely to continue to increase this year.

It is expected to pour with rain today.

The number of lifestyle properties in the Western Bay of Plenty has "exploded".

Offers of free rooms for Lions fans are flooding in amid anger over accommodation prices.

The Government is being urged to do right by those affected by a controversial drug.

230 Bay of Plenty students explore the possibility of working in horticulture after leaving secondary education. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A woman whose son was born with birth defects speaks out about the pill that caused it.

A goat who's "like a cross between Bob Marley and Tom Jones" is looking for a new home.

A section of State Highway 29a is closed after a crash this morning.

A boy with cancer can't get to school because of a severe shortage of disability taxis.

A small pod of dolphins were caught in a fishing net near Tauranga.

Tauranga puts in $256.1 million bid to infrastructure fund, despite concerns about debt.

A teenage trio from Tauranga prepares to go up against the world's best in robot sport.

Family and friends of a missing boatie continue their search for him in Tauranga waters.

The author of a book on the 28th Maori Battalion is looking for photographs.

Grieving families outraged at drugged driver's three-and-half years' jail sentence.

The official search for missing boatie Karl Earwaker has now been suspended.

The Tauranga Paradox Street Art Festival opens. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Nicole Reynolds, the drugged driver who ran over and killed two people, has been jailed.

The woman who ran over and killed two people while on stolen drugs faces her fate.

Tauranga-based boat maker Tino Marine is challenging the traditional way boats are made.

Weather for Adele's concert tonight forecast to be worst of star's three Auckland dates.

Shoppers in the big centres won't be able to spend up during Easter stat days.

Pair are seeking public help to raise money for bowel cancer treatment costing $18,000.

Elderly man struck by car on pedestrian crossing died at the scene.

The Whipped Baker couple share their story. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Whipped Baker has become one of the most popular bakery's in Tauranga. The couple behind it's success share their story. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The elderly man who died after being struck by a car has been named.

High pH has been named one of the issues with water supply in the district.

The victim is believed to be in his 80s.