City Life

Mount lifeguard base red-stickered after landslip

Mount Maunganui's lifeguard clubhouse at the base of Mauao has been 'declared unsafe to occupy” following last Thursday's landslide. The multimillion-dollar... Read More

Mount landslide: Second victim formally identified

The first two Mount Maunganui victims have been formally identified by the coroner as Max Furse-Kee, who would have turned 16 yesterday - and Måns Loke... Read More

Flooding hits WBOP businesses, slips affect houses

Western Bay of Plenty was not spared from the deluge of severe weather that hit the North Island on January 21-22. The storm swept through the Western Bay... Read More

Pilot Bay vigil remembers landslide victims

Silence fell over Pilot Bay this morning as members of the community honoured the lives claimed by the Mauao and Welcome Bay landslides. Today marked... Read More

Mount Maunganui recovery resumes

The recovery operation at Mount Maunganui has resumed, several hours after being suspended this morning. Detective Inspector Lew Warner said work restarted... Read More

Festival of innovation is back for 2026

DayBreak - Festival of Innovation is returning to light up Tauranga City on February 25 with a full line-up of speakers and sessions. Hosted by Western Bay... Read More

NZ Post explains rationale behind closures

Careful analysis of customer data, including travel distance and the amount of services on offer, contributed to New Zealand Post's decision on which stores... Read More

Lessons from Europe for a world on edge

How should people of faith respond in a time of political turmoil, war and cultural fragmentation? This issue will be at the heart of a public lecture by... Read More

Cut-off: Ōpōtiki prioritises road access

The local state of emergency has been lifted for parts of the Bay of Plenty, and Ōpōtiki district has shifted from an emergency response phase into a recovery... Read More

Mount recovery efforts temporarily suspended

Recovery efforts at Mount Maunganui have been temporarily suspended. Just after 10:30am, technology installed to monitor any movement of the land was triggered,... Read More

Mount cafes take a hit after week-long closure

A business within the Mount Maugnanui landslide cordon says it has lost up to $60,000 while closed for the past week. The owner of the Coffee Club Mount Maunganui... Read More

Mount landslide: First victim formally identified

Following a coroner's identification hearing, the first victim has been formally identified by Deputy Chief Coroner Brigitte Windley. Max Furse-Kee, who... Read More