Aucklanders have been warned their coastline harbours the same potentially fatal toxic shellfish that have led to a record spate of poisonings in the Bay of Plenty.

The world's only flying De Havilland Mosquito proved to be a huge drawcard yesterday for hundreds of aviation enthusiasts who crowded the tarmac outside Classic Flyers to welcome an aircraft making its first and last visit to Tauranga.

When 18-year-old Shannan Bell asked an earthmoving contractor if she could have a job operating his heavy machinery, she wasn't expecting him to say yes.

A senior Tauranga teacher facing a charge under the Prostitution Reform Act has lost his bid to keep his identity secret.

Convicted paedophile Trevor Hall has been sentenced to one year's home detention, prompting an outburst from the public gallery.

Two Tauranga men are accused of conspiring to recover a bucket containing $500,000 from an Omanawa property under police guard following a drug raid.

Police are dealing with reports of three suspected explosive devices throughout the Tauranga area.

A Tauranga city councillor is getting paid $74,000 a year to spend an average of 22 hours a week on council business.

A group of girls have cut off their ponytails and donated their hair to a cause that will see their locks turned into wigs for women living with cancer.

The man who took it upon himself to dish out street justice to convicted paedophile Trevor Hall says he would do it again if given the chance.

A prominent Tauranga professional is accused of seriously assaulting a young boy, which allegedly resulted in the child spending two days in hospital.

The mysterious case of the exploding fridge has been solved - and it wasn't the vegetables.

The lawyer for a man cleared of charges for jogging in the nude says the case is proof of New Zealand's growing tolerance.

Two women are in hospital after being set upon by two pitbull-type dogs in "a very nasty attack" in an Otaki Beach driveway this morning.

Reports of a peeping Tom in Tauranga have police warning people to be aware of what is outside their window.

Multiple options for prime Tauranga spot.

Passionate golfer John Foley has waited 20 years to get a hole-in-one, but even he was shocked when the event aligned with an auspicious sequence of numbers.

A teenager has been praised for helping to stop a dog attack on an elderly man who was covered in blood.

Tauranga City Council has started a major restructure that could see 45 jobs lost and save the organisation $2.7 million.

The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has been criticised for serious failings in the care it provided a mental health patient who later committed suicide.