Bay of Plenty Times

03/09/2024

Forecasters expect spring – which arrived with nearly 90,000 lightning strikes around the North Island - to be even messier than the notoriously unsettled season normally is. Jamie Morton looks at three things to watch out for.

02/09/2024

The champion is giving herself time to decide on another Olympics.

02/09/2024

A man was so enraged his ex-girlfriend had moved on with a man he didn’t like, he followed her and her new partner into a fish and chip shop and stabbed the man in the neck with a knife.

02/09/2024

The public pools at Greerton Aquatic and Leisure Centre will temporarily close this month for a scheduled five-week renewals and maintenance project.

02/09/2024

A self-employed builder twice convicted for allowing an implement shed to be lived in without resource consent has been censured by the Building Practitioners Board.

02/09/2024

Katikati and Rotorua concert bands are combining for a weekend of concerts.

02/09/2024

The family said they planned to bring Zahquiel back “home” to Whakatane.

01/09/2024

New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is proposing to toll three new state highways in the North Island including the Takitimu North Link.

01/09/2024

A long-discussed plan to add a new direction-changing lane to a major Tauranga congestion chokepoint is one step closer to reality.

01/09/2024

Of the major metros, the change in buyer interest was strongest in Tauranga.

Rate cut fuels immediate upturn in NZ housing market.

01/09/2024

The cost and logistics of travelling to Tauranga for cancer treatments have some patients in the Eastern Bay of Plenty “compromising” their fight, the Cancer Society says.

31/08/2024

A former Ōtūmoetai College student has been given a “boost of confidence” in becoming a fashion designer after being named a finalist in the 2024 Resene Colour of Fashion collection. Megan Wilson reports.

After graduating, he would like to work overseas and 'gain some industry experience'.

31/08/2024

Homeowners who bought in a Whangārei housing development say their dreams have been shattered by anti-social behaviour after a whole stage of the subdivision, led by a company owned by a Tauranga-based building company, was sold to Kāinga Ora for social housing.

Homes about providing for need, Barrett Homes says.

29/08/2024

Two men accused of committing serious assaults and posting videos of them have been granted interim name suppression.

29/08/2024

Judy Bailey, Moana Maniopoto, Dame Susan Devoy and Anne Salmond are among the line-up of those presenting at Tauranga’s Escape festival.

29/08/2024

Māoridom is mourning the death of Kingi Tūheitia, who died this morning surrounded by his wife and their children.

He kura kua ngaro ki tua o Rangi-whakamoe-ariki. Moe mai raa.

29/08/2024

: There were emotional scenes as hundreds of seasonal workers gathered to pray, sing hymns and share memories of their two colleagues killed in a horror crash in Ramarama this week.

29/08/2024

Two rival groups – both claiming to be the legitimate managers of the Tauranga Sikh temple – have agreed to mediation after a violent confrontation involving baseball bats and other weapons.

29/08/2024

Kiingi Tūheitia has died, aged 69, just days after celebrating the 18th anniversary of his coronation.

29/08/2024

Sam's back in the starting line up.

29/08/2024

Work is about to get under way to reinstate temporary walking access to Cathedral Cove in the Coromandel with the removal of dangerous trees and self-sown wilding pines.

29/08/2024

A Pāpāmoa skincare business that started in a garage has launched its products in America - a “monumental” stepping stone towards becoming the number-one premium pregnancy skincare brand in the world, its founder says.

28/08/2024

A 19-month-old girl who died after an oven fell on top of her while she was unsupervised in her Rotorua home has prompted a coroner’s warning to parents as well as recommendations about free-standing ovens.

28/08/2024

Three Tauranga builders have taken out the top spots in the Bay of Plenty and Central Plateau Registered Master Builders Apprentice of the Year competition.

Three Tauranga-based apprentices have taken out the top spots.

28/08/2024

A ferry service for Tauranga has passed another hurdle, the newly elected council agreeing to help subside the fares.

28/08/2024

A respected lawyer is being remembered as a “good guy” and for the “immense contribution” he made to the Tauranga community – often “under the radar”.

28/08/2024

The Samoan RSE workers involved in a fatal crash near Auckland on Monday had been working at EastPack Ōpōtiki for three years.

28/08/2024

Police have arrested three men in an investigation into a Tauranga-based group allegedly trying to catch people attempting to make contact with minors online.

27/08/2024

Parking charges for boat trailers in Tauranga have been canned less than two months after they were introduced.

27/08/2024

Fa’aofo Uili Fa’aofo was a proud uncle who simply wanted to spend some time with his seasonal worker nephews before they flew back to Samoa this week.