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Latest Regional - Bay of Plenty

  • Urewera trial: Secret footage shown in court

    Urewera trial: Secret footage shown in court

    Tue, 14th Feb - Secretly filmed footage has been released of a group accused of training to kidnap, murder and bomb New Zealanders... Read more

  • BOP search underway after unmanned yacht found

    BOP search underway after unmanned yacht found

    Tue, 14th Feb - A search operation has been launched off the Bay of Plenty coast after an unmanned yacht was discovered this morning... Read more

  • Dom Post deliveries disrupted

    Dom Post deliveries disrupted

    Sat, 11th Feb - The Dominion Post will not be delivered to many parts of the North Island due to an electrical fault at the newspaper's printing press... Read more


Latest Regional - Bay of Plenty Headlines

  • Body found in Tauranga Harbour

    Body found in Tauranga Harbour

    Fri, 10th Feb - Police have pulled a 57-year-old man's body from Tauranga Harbour, but are saying little more about the incident... Read more

  • Beatings alleged in arranged marriage

    Beatings alleged in arranged marriage

    Wed, 08th Feb - An Indian man and his mother are accused of beating and forcing an abortion on the man's wife, after she arrived from India in an arranged marriage... Read more

  • Man charged in bus crash that injured 16 students

    Man charged in bus crash that injured 16 students

    Wed, 08th Feb - Police have charged a 42-year-old man with Dangerous Driving Causing Injury to 16 students following a school bus crash at Ruatoki last September... Read more

  • NZ facing Davis Cup tennis defeat

    NZ facing Davis Cup tennis defeat

    Fri, 10th Feb - Uzbekistan have taken control of their Davis Cup tennis tie against New Zealand after winning both opening singles matches in Tauranga... Read more

  • Rotorua residents face legal battle over sinking homes

    Rotorua residents face legal battle over sinking homes

    Wed, 08th Feb - A group of Rotorua homeowners are left wondering who to turn to after their houses began sinking... Read more

  • Father accused of causing baby's injuries

    Father accused of causing baby's injuries

    Tue, 07th Feb - Details of a baby's injuries, including multiple fractures and bleeding to his brain, have been outlined in a Rotorua court as his father went on trial... Read more




  • Rena clean-up cost now $130m

    Rena clean-up cost now $130m

    Tue, 07th Feb - The estimated total cost of the Rena clean-up is about $130 million and of that government agencies have so far spent $28 million, Parliament has been told... Read more

  • Rena wreck shifts as debris removed

    Rena wreck shifts as debris removed

    Fri, 03rd Feb - As salvage teams remove tonnes of debris from the stricken container ship Rena, the wreckage continues to deteriorate, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) says... Read more

  • Second man in court over Rotorua body

    Second man in court over Rotorua body

    Fri, 27th Jan - A 20-year-old man will appear in court charged with murder after the body of Polish man Roman Skorek was found in a Rotorua park... Read more

  • Two more arrests in Rotorua park death

    Two more arrests in Rotorua park death

    Thu, 26th Jan - Two more arrests have been made following the discovery of a man's body in Rotorua's geothermally active Kuirau Park... Read more

  • Mona Blades cold case: Excavation finds nothing

    Mona Blades cold case: Excavation finds nothing

    Thu, 26th Jan - An exploratory excavation carried out by police investigating the disappearance of Mona Blades has turned up nothing... Read more

  • Stranded canoeists a reminder to be prepared

    Stranded canoeists a reminder to be prepared

    Tue, 07th Feb - Police are warning boaties to be prepared after two canoeists were stranded for more than four hours on a river... Read more

  • Fine weather for Rena salvage operations

    Fine weather for Rena salvage operations

    Wed, 01st Feb - Salvors are continuing to remove containers and debris from the wreck of the Rena with the team shifting animal hides by hand... Read more

  • New info in Mona Blades cold case proves fruitless

    New info in Mona Blades cold case proves fruitless

    Thu, 26th Jan - In the decades since, Mona Blades' disappearance has intrigued the nation at various times... Read more

  • Rena long-tern recovery plan launced

    Rena long-tern recovery plan launced

    Thu, 26th Jan - A governance group has been set up to help restore the Bay of Plenty to a state as close as possible to that it was in before the Rena disaster... Read more

  • Development in Mona Blades cold case

    Development in Mona Blades cold case

    Thu, 26th Jan - Police investigating one of NZ’s highest profile cold case murders are undertaking excavations at a property in the Eastern Bay of Plenty... Read more




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