03:45pm Sun 13 Dec, 2020
Update 6.45pm Helicopters have been deployed to Matakana Island and are using monsoon buckets to help put out the fire that took hold on the ocean side of the... Read More
10:30am Sun 13 Dec, 2020
A large blaze that broke out on Saturday afternoon at Pumpkin Hill north of Tairua on the Coromandel Peninsula is reported to be under control this morning. Fire... Read More
07:00pm Fri 11 Dec, 2020
The housing market continues to run hot, with a record national median price of $749,000 hit in November. The new figure is an 18.5 per cent increase compared... Read More
08:45am Sun 06 Dec, 2020
Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi Trust - Te Mana - have signed a Deed of Settlement with the Crown at Rangitihi Marae in Matatā, to settle the historical Te Tiriti... Read More
08:15am Sun 06 Dec, 2020
Update 12noon: The cause of a middle-of-the-night fire under a Gate Pa home requires further investigation. Firefighters were called to Jones St about 2.35am... Read More
07:00pm Fri 04 Dec, 2020
Almost 38,000 new homes were consented in the year to October 2020, the highest number since 1974, boosted by more townhouses, flats, and units, Stats NZ has... Read More
02:00pm Wed 02 Dec, 2020
Real-time data from realestate.co.nz shows that low stock is continuing to drive increased property prices across the country, with seven regions reaching all-time... Read More
10:45am Mon 30 Nov, 2020
The heat in the housing market appears to be getting too hot for some. The ASB bank's latest housing confidence survey for the three months to October shows... Read More
08:00am Sun 29 Nov, 2020
Further funding for feed support services and new animal welfare coordinators will help farmers who continue to feel the effects of an extended drought, says Rural... Read More
04:00pm Sat 28 Nov, 2020
An online Marae Kete has been launched by Western Bay of Plenty District Council to help Marae in the District address the practicalities of administering their... Read More
12:30pm Sat 28 Nov, 2020
Bay of Plenty real estate agencies took out two awards at the 2020 REINZ Awards for Excellence - the real estate profession's annual national awards evening. Awards... Read More
07:08am Mon 23 Nov, 2020
First-home buyers are purchasing properties in regional areas as they try and get onto the property ladder. Increasing house prices are continuing to be a barrier... Read More