Rotorua Crankworx mountain biking world tour event organisers are stoked they could turn tough corners after riders boycotted last year's event. Male Slopestyle... Read More

A record number of Year 12 students from across the Bay of Plenty will receive potentially life-saving road safety education this year thanks, in part, to a... Read More

Community support has been one of the mainstays of Paengaroa School's Top School competition - and the reason it continues to be a success. Top School is... Read More

When Whakatāne man Aze Cooper heard the word 'fire” on Thursday night, he sprang into action, throwing water on the flames and rescuing his neighbours... Read More

Police are pleased to see an increase in trust and confidence in the latest annual Ministry of Justice New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey (NZCVS). The Police... Read More

It has been 22 years since Mark Pakenham killed his girlfriend Sara Niethe and disposed of her body. While he admitted killing her, he has never disclosed... Read More

Rotorua 12-year-old Madison Southall found it hard to keep her acting debut on one of New Zealand's most iconic TV shows a secret. Now that the episodes have... Read More

A 3-year-old with two head injuries, including a 'tennis ball-sized lump”, waited five hours to be seen at Rotorua Hospital's emergency department, his... Read More

A 'fun” night out for two Hawke's Bay best mates visiting Rotorua turned into a 'harrowing” ordeal when one was kidnapped, held for ransom and assaulted... Read More

The controversial closure of Mount Maunganui's Links Ave will remain but its closure times will be reduced. At a city delivery committee meeting on Monday,... Read More

A free public lecture at the University of Waikato Tauranga campus this week will feature internationally renowned peace advocate and former Tauranga local Alyn... Read More

MetService is forecasting a week of weather ups and downs, with a settled start giving way to wetter and windier conditions midweek before a recovery in time... Read More