Rural

Lion Mints support helicopter rescues

The group handed over $2000 to the Trustpower TECT rescue helicopter on Tuesday morning. That's 2000 packets of mints sold this year. Bethlehem Te Puna Lions... Read More

What’s on – dragon boats, softball and home show

Kia ora and welcome to Saturday. Today we are expecting showers easing in the morning then clearing in the afternoon to fine spells. Northwesterlies will be... Read More

Rain and strong winds to affect the North Island

An intensifying low-pressure system approaching from the northwest is expected to deliver heavy rain and strong winds to large parts of the North Island in the... Read More

Foggy start to the weekend

Welcome Bay residents woke to early morning fog on Saturday as mist and early cloud covered patches across the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions. WeatherWatch... Read More

Are these really NZ‘s most beautiful towns?

Think of New Zealand's best looking towns and cities and what springs to mind? Waihī, Pukekohe, Lower Hutt...? Nope, us neither. Yet all three are finalists... Read More

Fertiliser spraying concerning some residents

As summer months get closer, people in the rural areas of the Bay of Plenty region will start to notice farm owners will be fertilising their paddocks. Some... Read More

Changeable spring pattern continues

The MetService forecasted some changeable weather this past week. 'There were a few fronts which brought severe weather to start the school holidays,”... Read More

Astro-photographer to visit Tauranga

Are you a stargazer or aspiring night photographer? The founder of ‘The World at Night' Babak A. Tafreshi will be speaking in Tauranga this coming Friday... Read More

Bay of Plenty paradise for cruise ship passengers

With cruise season about to begin, Kiwifruit Country Tours owner Graeme Crossman is getting ready to welcome thousands of cruise ship passengers to his patch of... Read More

Tauranga man thriving eight years after diagnosis

When specialists told Tauranga man Tony Dodunski he should go home and prepare for the worst he never dreamed he would be riding in a four-hour endurance cycling... Read More

National weekend forecast

WeatherWatch weather analyst Aaron Wilkinson reports that a cold front is pushing northwards over New Zealand today. Northwesterlies are ahead of the front with... Read More

Young growers vie for national title

Seven of the country's top young growers are battling it out at Mount Maunganui today in the opening round of the 2019 Young Grower of the Year competition. ... Read More