A woman who set her pitbull dog on her sister - inflicting horrific injuries - has been jailed for seven years.

A blind beekeeper has been told to remove his hives from a Tauranga City Council reserve because some of the lawn mowing contractor's staff are allergic to bee stings.

The body of a man missing for more than a week after a dinghy he was in capsized off Tauranga is believed to have been recovered.

A man who crash-landed his gyrocopter in the shallows of Tauranga Harbour says his biggest injury was to his pride.

A Tauranga nurse was woken by the loud smashing of a car crashing into her home, narrowly missing a bedroom where her children were sleeping.

The search continues for a Tauranga man missing since the stolen dinghy he and four others were in capsized in heavy seas.

The distressed family of a man who went overboard from a stolen dinghy in Tauranga Harbour last night are praying for his safe return.

The Tauranga Hospital carpark was transformed into an emergency decontamination zone after a man came into fatal contact with a toxic herbicide.

New test results from more than 30,000 samples indicate the Bay of Plenty has recovered well from oil spilled from the Rena.