A 25-year-old Bay of Plenty man has been arrested in Christchurch today in relation to the double homicide in Tauranga on Tuesday, February 11. The arrest was made at a property in New Brighton and involved Police’s Special Tactics Group, Armed...

"A fatal shooting is an outcome nobody wants, but if people present firearms to us or other members of the public, we will respond accordingly." This is the message from District Commander Superindentent Andy McGregor following last night's...

Plumes of black smoke and flames can be seen coming from Papamoa this afternoon. Fire and Emergency New Zealand started receiving calls to a "well-involved" house fire in Papamoa at 1.15pm.  Fire and Emergency New Zealand northern fire...

Police want to reassure members of the public they are safe following a fatal shooting near Bethlehem last night. At around 7.40pm, several patrols spotted a vehicle wanted in connection to a double homicide earlier this week go through the intersection...

UPDATED 11.30PM:  A large section of State Highway 2 is expected to be remain closed tomorrow, following a firearms incident in Tauranga tonight.  An earlier statement from Police said the closure was in the harbour bridge area.  However,...

Updated 11am: A child fled the scene of a shooting looking for help shortly after two men were killed in Omanawa, neighbours say.   Police were called to an Ormsby Lane address about 7.40pm following a report of shots having been fired. Shocked...

UPDATED 11.10PM: Police have a scene guard in place at Ormsby Lane in Omanawa. Earlier there were multiple reports coming in of an armed Police presence at McLaren Falls as Police responded to an incident at a property in Omanawa. Police...

The trio of octogenarians were chuckling as they came towards me down the Oakland driveway in 13th Ave. Rex OConnor, age 86, Jennifer Mundy, 81, and Shirley Boivin, 82, were going tandem skydiving. I wondered who the ringleader was. “When I...

A fire appliance was called to a fire in Third Ave, Tauranga on Saturday afternoon to put out a fire that had started amongst shrubbery outside a building. Brandon Ronald was first on the scene. “I was about 100m down the road outside the supermarket,...

For the first time in its 14-year history, more women than men have entered the annual Bay of Plenty Young Grower of the Year competition. The five women and three men will be battling it out today as their abilities in a range of theory and practical...

When you turn on your tap at any time day or night, you may take it for granted that water will always come out. When it doesn’t, people start to panic, but nine times out of 10, engineers and technicians that look after the water treatment...

  A helicopter is working to remove parts of the vessel that ran aground on the rocks at the base Mauao on Friday night. The helicopter is using a tow line to collect bags of debris from the beach and around 7 people are loading the bags, says...

The work to contain and remove a 12 tonne fishing boat stuck on rocks on Mauao is being described as “textbook” by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s On Scene Commander Adrian Heays. Adrian received a call in the early hours of...

Jess Fox just held off a rampaging Luuka Jones at the Oceania canoe slalom championships in Auckland yesterday, while the Australian C1 men heaped further misery on the hosts as the Olympic quota spot was decided. Tauranga teenager Jack Egan held New...

A fishing charter vessel is breaking up on the rocks at the base of Mauao this afternoon after coming aground on Friday night. A SunLive reporter at the scene says there is a lot of debris in the water with the boat breaking up amongst the rocks on...

Police are looking at stepping up patrols in the Western Bay of Plenty following two shootings. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, police were called to a shooting at a Hairini property, where a large number of shots had been fired towards a house...

7.30PM: Police have lifted all cordons, residents are now able to head home. 6:28PM: A local resident is handing out water to the residents stuck outside the cordon on No 2 Road.  6PM: A Te Puke resident, who lives nearby the property...

UPDATED 12.40PM: Armed police cordons remain in place on a Tauranga street this afternoon. Armed police have cordoned off Haukore Street following a shooting in the Hairini area earlier this morning. A reporter at the scene says a scene examination...

Two men have been arrested following an assault on The Strand on Sunday morning. The men, aged 20 and 21 were arrested last night in relation to the assault says a police spokesperson. “The men have been charged with wounding with intent to...