From treating and caring for our animals and working on the front lines of disease prevention, to monitoring animal welfare and biosecurity on a national... Read More

As the school holidays come to a close this weekend, the fine autumn weather across the Bay of Plenty is providing ample opportunity to head outdoors and enjoy... Read More

With an impressive footprint of 265 square meters, the construction of the new pavilion marks another exciting milestone for sport and community infrastructure... Read More

Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira. MetService is forecasting a fine day with southwesterlies,... Read More

A non-profit collective that's working hard to immerse people with disabilities back into the community, and in turn creating long-term employment for them,... Read More

An electrical fire in the kitchen of Good Local in Pyes Pa Tauranga has closed the business until further notice. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman... Read More

It's been six weeks since a car ploughed through the glass doors of Rotorua's Urbano Bistro restaurant, seriously injuring Rotorua woman Sian Hapgood. The... Read More

The development of a new shared housing facility for older people in Katikati is close to becoming a reality, with most of the funding needed for it now secured. The... Read More

'The heartbeat of the lake has gone”, says the man petitioning Rotorua Lakes Council to help get the dry-docked and in liquidation Lakeland Queen back... Read More

Coastguards across the country will leap from 1000s of feet in a national effort to raise funds to help keep kiwis safe out on the water. Among those skydiving... Read More

After paying up to $100,000 for a report about how to make environmental improvements to Sullivan Lake, Whakatāne's council appears to have no plans to... Read More

'To my Dad….” A brief, heavy-hearted note, penned in tidy block letters, just last week. '...you are loved, often in my thoughts, and... Read More