Five years ago, Suzy Atkin made the goal that she would own her own home by the time she was 30. Now at 30, her dream seems further away than ever.

A dog owner at war with her Auckland neighbours has progressed to a new home - and a brand new controversy - a little further south.

Patricia Greig has a fairy tale stay at a luxury country house near Tauranga.

When asked to sum up what 50 years of marriage is like, Tauranga man Murray Ellis did not pause for a second.

The body recovered from the surf at Mt Maunganui has been identified as belonging to a young Nepalese man.

The body of a foreign 22-year-old male was recovered from the surf at Mt Maunganui this morning.

A quick-thinking 11-year-old boy and a computer chair saved precious time and quality of life when Vinnie Smith suffered a stroke on Christmas Eve.

The police dive quad has arrived in Tauranga to help in the search for an Indian man who went missing while swimming at a popular Tauranga lake.

A 73-year-old woman was seriously injured when she was thrown from a horse-drawn cart and kicked in the stomach today.

An iwi consortium bidding to buy Tauranga's state houses has chosen a Masterton liquor trust to manage the houses if it wins the tender.

Missing Tauranga woman Alice Campbell, aged 30, has made contact with Police who have confirmed she is safe.

A little girl missing in Mount Maunganui overnight has been located safe and well.

October 1 will forever be etched into the minds of Mount Maunganui residents - it was the day a tragedy brought an entire city together.

Police want help finding a 24-year-old woman missing since Sunday.

A person has died after being hit by a train at a railway crossing in the Tauranga suburb of Otumoetai.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist suffered head injuries in a crash in the Bay of Plenty last night.

Tauranga police have asked for the public's help to find Elisha Jade Smith, 16, who went missing on Tuesday, September 1.

The Government says it intends to sell a majority of Tauranga's state houses to a single buyer or consortium.

Port of Tauranga felt the chill wind of a commodities downturn in its result for the year to June 30, posting a modest 1 per cent improvement in net profit to $79.1 million.

Tauranga woman who's struggled to find work says she wants to reach out and offer her support to those in similar situations, after emails from well-wishers.

A humbling and fitting farewell for war hero, father and friend Les Munro was held in Tauranga this afternoon.

Aucklanders are leaving in such numbers that half the house sales in the Waikato outside Hamilton and nearly a quarter in Tauranga are to those from the big city.

A man who escaped custody from Tauranga District Court last month has been arrested in Northland.

One person suffered minor injuries after their car struck a light post in Tauranga this afternoon.

A fire is a woodshed in under investigation this morning after a person was seriously injured in the blaze.

A car has left the road and crashed into a house in Tauranga this afternoon.

Motorists are driving in excess of 125 km/h on the new Tauranga Eastern Link road and police fear someone could be killed.

A manhunt is underway in Tauranga after a man appearing in court for wounding with intent jumped out of the dock and took off.

There are some tall tales that ring true enough to feed into the legend of Rudd - sex, drugs and rock'n'roll.

Rocker Phil Rudd is due to be sentenced on charges of threatening to kill and possessing methamphetamine and cannabis today.