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Tauranga parents are divided on whether to let their children walk to and from school after a spate of abduction attempts in the area.

News
12:00 PM Apr 27th

Parents wary after abduction attempts

The bereaved Tauranga father of a teenage son killed by a reckless driver says police need to re-evaluate a review threatening media naming and shaming convicted drink-drivers.

News
10:00 AM Apr 27th

Privacy doesn't wash: Victim's dad

Every convicted drink driver is named and shamed in the Bay of Plenty Times. Do you agree, or do you think it's not fair? Have your say and vote in the poll.

News
9:37 AM Apr 26th

Your View: Naming and shaming drink drivers (+poll)

More than $22 million in fines has been wiped by the Tauranga District Court in the last five years - reigniting calls for a tougher court system.

News
8:00 AM Apr 26th

$22m of fines wiped by court (+poll)

The man responsible for a P-lab explosion in Mount Maunganui this week always seemed like a good tenant, according to his landlord.

News
6:39 AM Apr 25th

Landlord's P lab shock

A forensic examination of a house in Mount Maunganui that was the scene of an explosion yesterday is almost complete.

News
9:47 AM Apr 24th

Forensic testing of Mount P lab nearly done

Tauranga City Council wants to extend its permanent liquor ban to cover parts of Papamoa, Greerton Village Shopping Centre and Brookfield Shopping Centre.

News
8:17 AM Apr 24th

Major booze bans proposed

Neighbours of the P lab that exploded in a Mount Maunganui home say it is "horrible" and "disturbing" to live near such a dangerous place.

News
5:36 AM Apr 24th

P lab blast shock in 'nice area'

Police are working their way through a list of suspects in their hunt for a man who tried to abduct a 12-year-old schoolgirl on Tay St on Thursday.

News
9:09 AM Apr 23rd

Attempted abduction: good list of suspects

A methamphetamine lab has exploded on Ocean Beach Road in Mount Maunganui, forcing the evacuation of 10 homes.

News
8:44 AM Apr 23rd

P lab explodes at Mount Maunganui

The mother of a 12-year-old schoolgirl at the centre of the latest attempted abduction has made a heartfelt plea for the public's help to find the culprit.

News
10:20 AM Apr 20th

Mother pleads for help to find possible abductor

I like America. I've been to the United States twice, including a Californian road trip in 2004.

Opinion
8:23 AM Apr 19th

Editorial: Nation in fear no place for us

Mount Maunganui police is keen to hear from anyone who knows the man who approached a school girl yesterday and tried to entice her to get into his car.

News
7:23 AM Apr 19th

Schoolgirl approached by man

Yet again Kihikihi businesses have been targeted by burglars over the weekend. Someone in the community knows who is responsible, yet they remain silent.

News
3:40 AM Apr 18th

Dob in the burglars

Tauranga police are seeking assistance in identifying the persons responsible for a spate of school burglaries in the Tauranga area during March and April.

News
12:45 PM Apr 17th

CCTV images of school burglaries

The pair accused of abducting and bashing a 32-year-old Tauranga man in the Kaimai Range when 18-year-old Jovaan Graham was run over will remain in custody.

News
12:08 PM Apr 16th

Kaimai death: Pair remain in custody

A man snatched a handbag from a woman on Oxford St, Te Puke, about 10.40am yesterday but members of the public caught and held him until police arrived.

News
10:19 AM Apr 16th

Purse snatcher nabbed in Te Puke

A Tauranga man jointly charged with his father for importing and dealing large quantities of cocaine and P has been back in court.

News
11:37 AM Apr 12th

Son charged with drug importing remains on bail

Police have revealed the areas where they carried out searches in the Western Bay of Plenty as part of a month-long crack down on drug manufacturers and suppliers.

News
5:41 AM Apr 12th

Drug raid sees 45 properties in Western Bay searched

Genevieve Helliwell talks to a Tauranga lawyer who has spent the past four years involved in the prosecution of two high-ranking Serb officials for war crimes.

News
7:10 AM Apr 11th

Bringing war criminals to justice

Thieves have made off with 22 beehives in what the owner describes as the latest organised raid on his property.

News
6:29 AM Apr 11th

Beekeeper stung by thieves

Police shut down a high-tech cannabis operation in Bethlehem and seized dozens of plants during region-wide drug busts.

News
5:46 AM Apr 11th

Drug busts see 99 arrested

Rex Prole watched his estranged wife collect her mail from their mailbox then grabbed a kitchen knife, walked outside and stabbed her to death.

News
2:24 PM Apr 10th

Robyn Prole's final moments

Police in Rotorua are seeking public assistance to locate Kainui Parkinson. He has strong family links to Tauranga.

News
1:53 PM Apr 10th

Wanted by police: Kainui Parkinson

In excess of 20,000 cannabis plants have been either recovered or destroyed during a major operation across the Bay of Plenty.

News
11:52 AM Apr 10th

Arrests made in major Bay-wide drug operation

What irritates me is that the adults who are supposed to be looking after these children happily leave it to community workers to sort them out.

Opinion
8:17 AM Apr 10th

Martine Rolls: Appalled by anti social behaviour

A Tauranga man has been jailed for impersonating his brother to avoid a drink driving conviction.

News
8:05 AM Apr 10th

Jail for impersonating brother

A life-skills programme offered to more than 2300 Bay children each week is helping reduce youth crime, a report says.

News
7:03 AM Apr 10th

Scheme keeps kids on track

Police are seeking Kenneth Wayne Welsh, 50 who is wanted to arrest for breaching his parole release conditions.

News
10:53 AM Apr 09th

Wanted by police: Kenneth Wayne Welsh

Rex Leverett John Prole, the Tauranga builder accused of murdering his wife, pleaded guilty to murder in the Rotorua High Court this morning.

News
7:25 AM Apr 09th

Rex Prole pleads guilty to murder

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