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

A scorned lover who set fire to her ex's flat has been jailed for three years in an emotional appearance at Tauranga District Court today.

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.