09:58am Fri 30 Jan, 2026
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
08:01am Fri 30 Jan, 2026
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
06:00am Fri 30 Jan, 2026
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
06:00pm Thu 29 Jan, 2026
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
04:02pm Thu 29 Jan, 2026
The recovery operation at Mount Maunganui has resumed, several hours after being suspended this morning. Detective Inspector Lew Warner said work restarted... Read More
04:00pm Thu 29 Jan, 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
02:09pm Thu 29 Jan, 2026
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
01:00pm Thu 29 Jan, 2026
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
11:45am Thu 29 Jan, 2026
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
11:27am Thu 29 Jan, 2026
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
10:00am Thu 29 Jan, 2026
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
07:31am Thu 29 Jan, 2026
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