Bay Of Plenty

Work on a council emergency management facility in Whakatāne has been stopped following the discovery of kōiwi on the site.

Fox died after being found critically injured on the roadside.

It is part of the investigation into the death of Zain Matenga Taikato Fox at Rotorua Hospital last month.

Boat owners should keep up with maintenance or they may face costly salvage bills, a deputy harbourmaster says. Audio

Police have arrested four people after a man was fatally assaulted on Trigg Avenue.

Emergency crews found a man badly injured on Rotorua's Trigg Avenue.

Edward Duffy was struck by a speeding motorcyclist who had never held a licence.

Emergency services were called to the crash in Pāpāmoa.

Work is underway to restore fibre to a large part of Tauranga after a feeder cable was cut on Sunday.

Adams caused the fatal crash in which 72-year-old Anna Rose Lea died 12 years ago.

Tauranga parking machines vandalised amid frustration over expansion of paid parking areas.

Ratha Ny sentenced after pleading guilty in March to four charges under the Immigration Act. Audio

A cousin of the woman killed in the Bay of Plenty on Thursday says she was a loving mother, daughter, niece, cousin, aunty and friend.

Emergency services were called to a property at Awakeri.

One person is dead and another is in custody, a local news outlet reports.

Sakura Hall was killed and two other people were injured in the May crash.

The public are advised not to collect or consume shellfish on the east coast from Whakatane to Mount Maunganui.

Both the Tauranga mayor and local electorate MP live outside the area, and this will not change under the new electoral boundaries.

The trust says it has no "exclusive seat at the table" when it comes to Crown-led water management.

Police said there were reports someone had been injured, but upon arrival it appeared "not to be the case".