Police Commissioner Richard Chambers says it could take 'days” for rescue teams to reach the 'multiple” missing beneath the rubble at the Mount Maunganui... Read More

The Herald understands from a source involved in the Mount Maunganui rescue efforts that as many as nine people are unaccounted for under the landslide. Police... Read More

A rural Pāpāmoa resident has described 'climbing through the mud” to find his neighbour's house had been flattened by a landslide. Lindsay Putt... Read More

Two people are missing following a slip in Welcome Bay, Tauranga. Police were called to the incident around 4.15am; one other person was seriously injured... Read More

The Tauranga Moana Waitangi Day Festival returns to The Historic Village on Friday, February 6, with the event shaping up to be its biggest and most interactive... Read More

New Department of Conservation initiatives aim to encourage people to take up the challenge to walk. The Hauraki Department of Conservation (DoC) team's new... Read More

A Coromandel teen diver was left fizzing after an 'epic” up-close encounter with a pod of orca. Lexi Henderson came face-to-face with the majestic... Read More

Surf lifeguards responded to multiple emergencies across the Bay of Plenty and Waikato over the weekend. Nationally, Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ)... Read More

One person is dead following a water-related incident at Hāhei Beach. Hato Hone St John said it was notified of an incident at the Coromandel beach at 3.23pm... Read More

A rāhui is in place at Pilot Bay (Waikorire) in Mount Maunganui after a man's death. Police were called about 8.20am on Saturday after an unconscious man... Read More

A special bike park has been featured in a new Coromandel Tracks and Trail Guide. The digital guide, released by Thames-Coromandel District Council, allows... Read More

Pāpāmoa Neighbourhood Support co-ordinator Bruce Banks is making a plea for more people to get involved in helping make their neighbourhoods safer. Banks... Read More