New Zealand Youth Choir has won the top award at an international competition in Wales. The singers, aged between 18 and 25, have been awarded Choir of the... Read More

Two men charged over the alleged hit-and-run death of Rotorua deaf and blind man Paige Johnson have denied a range of charges. Riki Ronald Edward Lum, from... Read More

People wanting to find a different way to fundraise are being invited to talk to the team at the White House Restaurant in Te Puna Village. Situated up on... Read More

Billed as New Zealand's 'finest family band” as well as having deep Tauranga roots, The Harmonic Resonators are set to bring their signature sound of soaring... Read More

Life's full of surprises - but none quite as sweet as the giant kūmara unearthed at Carmel Retirement Village in Ohauiti by Ted Schischka. 'I put the spade... Read More

The SPCA has raised concerns about people it says are abusing and emotionally blackmailing staff for not being able to rehome pets. According to the society,... Read More

Burnouts, doughnuts, vandalism, fireworks, screeching tyres and loud exhausts - Mamaku residents say hoons are holding them to ransom. Fed-up residents in... Read More

Holidaymakers at a Coromandel hot spot have been urged to stay away from the beach after a deadly yellow-bellied sea snake washed up alive on the sand. The... Read More

Tearful pleas from the wife of a Tongan overstayer who has lived illegally in Rotorua for 16 years have failed to prevent him being deported. Paea Vehikite's... 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 cloudy periods with... Read More

A coffee roastery in Tauriko is helping brew a better future for Fijian villages, one bean at a time, thanks to the passion of a Tauranga family. What began... Read More

'You just feel utterly helpless.” That was how a Tauranga nursing student described the feeling of addiction as she spoke of turning her life around. Kayla... Read More