Bay Of Plenty

The Volcanic Alert Level has now been raised to Level 3 and the Aviation Colour Code raised to orange.

A council legal bid for an injunction to get protesters to stay at least a metre from controversial sewerage works near Rotorua's sacred Lake Rotokākahi has failed - for now.

Tauranga City Council is awaiting a new trial date in its bid to recoup millions of dollars lost in a failed transport hub.

One person has died after a two vehicle crash in Tauranga on Wednesday evening.

The subject of risks to the safety of both horses and people caused by stallions in the town was discussed at an Ōpōtiki District Council meeting on Tuesday.

Now, three engineers are facing negligence allegations at a disciplinary hearing.

A councillor let the news slip just before mayor-elect Mahé Drysdale was able to officially announce it.

Police have named the man who died after falling overboard from a vessel off the coast of Whakatāne last week.

Just 38.7 per cent of people voted in the Tauranga City Council election on Saturday.

Losing its accreditation could be disastrous for the whole hospital, a doctors' union says.

Rotorua is considering adding public forums to meetings for what may be the first time.

The Mystics have knocked the Magic out of third spot.

Tauranga's former mayor, Greg Brownless, has congratulated the winners of the city council election, in which he was runner-up.

Only one of the six candidates from the council sacked by the government in 2021 has returned to council.

Tauranga will choose who will be running their city for the first time in five years on Saturday.

The community is divided ahead of the polls closing, Local Democracy Reporter Alisha Evans says. Audio

A crash between two trucks has left two people injured and blocked part of State Highway 36, the road between Rotorua and Tauranga.

One mayor is warning of "disastrous consequences" if police and councils lose access to the country's network of more than 1000 highway CCTV cameras.

Candidates at a public meeting raised concerns about the plan's $4.9 billion proposed spend and its affordability.

Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash on Monday afternoon.