Port of Tauranga has reported strong rises in forestry-related exports and in imports of grain and dairy food supplements.

The former wife of a police officer was today jailed for four years for offending that was described in court as a "huge web of deceit".

An outraged gay community has lashed out at a Tauranga radio station for using the word "poofter" live on air.

A man caught travelling at 164km/h in the BOP had other motorists to blame after he was found with a breath alcohol reading over twice the legal limit.

Chinese dairy investors may be media shy, but they have been lobbying politicians and other key players at the highest levels.

A Tauranga family with a hearing-impaired child is facing bankruptcy after going it alone in legal action over their failed Blue Chip investment.

Four police officers beating a young man with batons and pepper-spraying him 65 times was "unnecessary, unreasonable, and unjustified", the IPCA has found.

A freak tornado has ripped off a shed roof, flinging it almost 100m, while leaving almost everything else untouched.

A horror weekend for a Merivale family saw them become victims of both a house fire and a burglary within hours.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce has given the go-ahead to a half-billion-dollar, 23km toll road east of Tauranga.