04:00pm Sat 11 Sep, 2021
A strong wind swirling through central Thames early Saturday morning has torn roofing iron off the local Baptist church. Pastor Chris Lee was at home when the fire... Read More
10:00am Sat 11 Sep, 2021
Rotorua Lakes Council hopes to secure more than $113 million in government funding for infrastructure developments to enable the construction of 5000 new homes... Read More
07:30am Fri 10 Sep, 2021
Tauranga remains the least affordable place to live in New Zealand, according to the latest data from CoreLogic. The lack of affordability in the region reflects... Read More
06:00pm Wed 08 Sep, 2021
The volume of building activity in New Zealand rose 2.0 per cent in the June 21 quarter, compared with the March 2021 quarter, Stats NZ says this week. 'The... Read More
07:20am Wed 08 Sep, 2021
Three out of five property owners could not afford to buy their home at its current value, according to the latest survey from Consumer NZ. Consumer NZ's Sentiment... Read More
10:10am Tue 07 Sep, 2021
The Salvation Army is calling on the Government to impose a freeze on rent increases as a practical way to ease the pain of lockdown. The proposal is one of... Read More
08:00pm Mon 06 Sep, 2021
Earthquake Commission Chief Executive officer Sid Miller has announced he will leave his role in March 2022. EQC chairperson Mary-Jane Daly says the board... Read More
06:00pm Thu 02 Sep, 2021
The number of new homes consented rose 20 per cent in the year ended July 2021, compared with the same period in 2020, Stats NZ says. 'There were 45,119... Read More
08:15am Sun 29 Aug, 2021
Fire crews are attending a fire at a medical centre in Ōpōtiki. Fire Emergency New Zealand were alerted to the fire at the Whakatōhea Health Centre at 7.37am. "There... Read More
09:00am Fri 27 Aug, 2021
The former director of Bella Vista Homes, the company at the centre of a costly failed development in Tauranga, has failed in an appeal against a $1 million-plus... Read More
01:00pm Fri 20 Aug, 2021
There were 179 fewer lifestyle property sales (-7.9 per cent) for the three months ended July 2021 than for the three months ended June 2021. This is according... Read More
09:00am Sun 15 Aug, 2021
Unearthing Tauranga's past is revealing both early Māori and European settlement at an archaeological site on the Te Papa peninsula. I've been asked not to call... Read More