Convicted killer and drug dealer Dean Wickliffe has been refused parole because he poses an "undue risk" to the community, says the NZ Parole Board.

One of New Zealand's top surf lifesavers has pleaded guilty to wilful damage in relation to an incident which occurred in Australia.

A 40-year old Katikati man is in a critical condition after a glider crash Tauranga Airport this afternoon.

Only a small proportion of houses in Tauranga's biggest suburbs are going for under $450,000.

The eruption on the volcanic island appears to have deposited material over north side of the crater floor.

WARNING: Graphic image. In an exclusive interview the cleaner caught on a meat hook reveals he tried to kill himself after the horrifying workplace injury.

The suspicious death of a former Tauranga woman has devastated her friends and family, who remember a kind, funny and caring woman.

The death of a 5-year-old girl, killed while out riding her bicycle yesterday, could have been prevented, her family says.

A young Tauranga girl has died when she was hit by a four wheel drive while riding her bike.

Dogs will be allowed to have the last splash at Memorial Pool before the complex closes its doors for the winter season.

A Maori academic who died suddenly during a celebratory occasion at the University of Waikato is being remembered as a passionate advocate and educator.

Export kiwifruit on hold after traces of mechanical lubricant were found on some plastic tray liner.

A financial adviser with clients in the Waikato and the Bay of Plenty has pleaded guilty in the Tauranga District Court to a $1.4 million fraud.

New figures show a surge in the numbers of Aucklanders fleeing the city in favour of Tauranga. Reporter Jamie Morton wonders what has taken them so long.

Auckland refugees Andrea Cummerfield and Andrew Nalder love Auckland, but also find it "busy and expensive". Last December the couple shifted to Tauranga.

The man was hit while on the Tauranga Harbour Bridge, on State Highway 2, just after 4:30am on Friday.

A man is in a critical condition tonight after being hit by a truck in the early hours of this morning in Tauranga.

A man has been flown to Tauranga Hospital after his car rolled down a bank in the wider Bay of Plenty.

Tauranga has been deluged by torrential rain this morning with a street closing to vehicles due to flooding.

"There is a steady increase of women being abducted, tied up, put in the boot of cars, taken away to the bush or the beach, or their partners having utensils to bury them."

Good old Auckland Domestic. I was glad to see a Dunkin' Donuts had opened down the regional end of the terminal.