Western Bay of Plenty District Council is pushing ahead with plans to replace the Katikati wastewater outfall pipeline, following a series of failures that have raised environmental and community ...

Electric dirt bikes are creating serious concerns for police, with the vehicles featuring in a growing number of crashes and cases of illegal riding. In most instances, the bikes, which could exceed ...

A helicopter pilot, who was the first civilian to land on Whakaari/White Island after its 2019 eruption, has revealed the chaos of tending to survivors while the volcano threatened to blow again. Kahu ...

A service for Andrea will be held at the Pyes Pa Memorial Park Chapel, 403 Pyes Pa Road, Tauranga (tomorrow) Wednesday, November 12 at 2.00pm. In lieu of flowers, donations to Waipuna Hospice would be ...

Police want the public’s help to find Erania Daniels who has an active warrant for his arrest. The 36-year-old is wanted for allegedly breaching his conditions. Police said numerous attempts to find ...

In Tongariro, locals pin their hopes on rain to put out a massive blaze, so their summer incomes don't get burnt with the region's vegetation. Rain carries the hopes of a region, as it comes to the ...

Two months before her well-earned retirement, police dog Teo was seriously injured after falling into geothermal water during a search operation near Rotorua, suffering burns to 21% of her body. She ...

When the Tauranga Moana chapter needed a new leader, Livick stepped in, despite living in Karangahake Gorge. “It’s really a team effort,” she said. “We’ve got amazing people running trainings, and we ...

Tauranga City Council’s latest residents’ survey results reveal a mixed but improving picture of public sentiment. The council hit its highest overall level of public satisfaction in five years, but ...

But if you can spare time to volunteer at a Christmas community lunch – or donate a present for attending children – it will make a world of difference in Katikati. Katikati Community Centre is ...

The new Panepane Wharf on Matakana Island is officially open, providing a safer, more accessible connection between the island and the mainland. Around 60 people attended the opening, including local ...

MetService is forecasting a warm, cloudy, and wet summer-like day across the country, with maximum temperatures today exceeding November averages in some areas. Hastings was tipped to reach 31C.