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Brett Morrison has suffered another blow after discovering his late wife's jewellery has been stolen. On Tuesday morning, Mr Morrison

When Australian songstress Delta Goodrem performed in Auckland, they delayed the show for 20 minutes while waiting for the arrival

The exit of long-serving mayor Stuart Crosby has created a wide-open race for Tauranga's top job.

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

Leanne Thompson has won her third battle with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after first being diagnosed with the disease when she was 26.

A Coroner's Inquest has heard how a non-swimmer tried to save his friend's life after he fell into the water at Lake McLaren last year.

A National Basketball League franchise based in the Bay of Plenty is a step closer today after Tauranga City Basketball officially

Slum resident Jeetu Chawla worked every night at Kentucky Fried Chicken while studying at the University of Delhi.

This city has reached the turning point needed to stop it turning into a sprawling, impersonal, traffic congested mini-Auckland, experts say.

House sales in Mount Maunganui/Papamoa rose year-on-year last month while Tauranga sales volumes dropped.

A Tauranga truck driver has been lauded as a hero for stopping to rescue an elderly man's mobility scooter stuck on railway tracks - moments before a train arrived.

A police spokeswoman said they were called to a two-car collision around 3.20pm.

Grieving parents of a woman who died 14 months after she suffered horrific injuries in a cycling accident will scatter her ashes in her favourite swimming spot.

Teacher aide humbled to be given a second chance

A Tauranga wildlife photographer was diving with friends when two orca "appeared out of nowhere".

Authorities say a dog responsible for mauling a young fur seal to death on Pukehina Beach "refused to let go" of the terrified animal when people tried to intervene.

it's time for Kiwi men to take more responsibility for their prostate health.

A woman living in a caravan on a friend's lawn has been forced to move out because she breached city rules by staying there for more

Retiring All Blacks Sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens has called for a central base for the sport to be established. Tietjens yesterday

Stacey Kemey's Tauranga home is filled with light - and children. We're greeted at the door by Archer, who's almost four years old

Home values in Tauranga continue to soar, as QV release its latest report. Values have increased 28.5 per cent year on year and 7

The first official trial of autonomous vehicles is set to hit New Zealand roads in November.

A Tauranga man is to hold a community clean-up after finding a shocking amount of rubbish dumped at one of the Bay's tourist hotspots. Nathan

Tauranga motorcyclist Rhys Middleton was killed by an overseas driver. Now his mother is campaigning for a change in the law allowing visitors to drive in NZ.

It's not just Aucklanders scrambling to afford property.

About 250 students have gathered on the first morning of the 2016 AIMS Games to mark the occasion with breakfast on the shores of

Sometimes Erin O'Neill wished her meth-addicted son would die of an overdose to free him from the scourge.

A Papamoa man immensely proud of the success and efforts of Bay athletes at this year's Olympics has renamed a residential street

Michelle Cutelli first met AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd when she was 20, fast forward 30 years and the pair are an item.