Here's to smoother travelling over the holiday season with people driving on a number of newly sealed roads! Contractors across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty... Read More

Backyard trappers are being reminded to keep leg-hold traps off the ground to protect Coromandel kiwi from injury or death. Department of Conservation Senior... Read More

UPDATE: Police have recovered the body of a person from the water off Pāpāmoa Beach Road, in Pāpāmoa. A member of the public discovered the person in... Read More

After more than 50 years dressing performers on stage and screen, Tauranga's Alf Weston has come out of retirement to design the costumes in Tauranga Repertory... Read More

It's where the future generation of brass instrument performers go to learn. And the more experienced members of Tauranga City Brass Auxiliary Band are helping... Read More

Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty will be jam-packed with Christmas spirit this weekend as festive activities unfold. Tauranga's Christmas in the Park will... Read More

After a sizzling start to summer, MetService is forecasting a brief reprieve from the heat on Friday and Saturday. However, by Sunday, northwesterlies look... Read More

A witness has described the 'heartbreaking” scene after a person died at a popular Western Bay of Plenty swimming hole on Wednesday. Te Puna woman Jody... Read More

A remarkable run of high Powerball jackpots boosted ticket sales and helped generate a record $434 million for the community in the past financial year, says... Read More

More than 150 donations rolled in for the Tauranga Community Foodbank at The Hits Christmas Movie in the Park on Sunday. The event had been pushed back a... Read More

Katikati Community Centre is facing the real possibility of having to reduce its services further if it does not secure a new source of income. The centre... Read More

Feeling the heat? You're not alone. Many parts of New Zealand are set to hit 30 degrees this week as a warm wave hits the country. Keeping the air conditioning... Read More