12:45pm Sat 02 Apr, 2022
It has been two long years since the All Blacks Sevens prepared for a World Series tournament but the wait is over, as Head Coach Clark Laidlaw has named his side... Read More
11:45am Sat 02 Apr, 2022
The vast majority of people dying with Covid in New Zealand are over 70, and our oldest residents are dying at higher than expected rates. Friday's cases take... Read More
11:00am Sat 02 Apr, 2022
Building apprentices from across the Bay of Plenty will battle it out at the New Zealand Certified Builders Apprentice Challenge on April 9. Competing for the... Read More
10:00am Sat 02 Apr, 2022
After five terms as a Western Bay of Plenty councillor, Don Thwaites feels it's time to 'step up or step aside”. That is why he is only running for Mayor... Read More
09:00am Sat 02 Apr, 2022
Ahead of the first round of the Millbrook Classic, both the players and tournament organisers are excited to see how the best of New Zealand's domestic professionals... Read More
08:30am Sat 02 Apr, 2022
Hauraki District Council will parade out something different to help commemorate ANZAC Day in the district after making the decision to not go ahead with ANZAC... Read More
08:00am Sat 02 Apr, 2022
The increasing frequency and severity of flooding events across the country is highlighting the critical importance of Te Uru Rākau - New Zealand Forest Service's... Read More
07:30am Sat 02 Apr, 2022
Health warnings issued for Lake Rotorua and the Ohau Channel earlier this month have now been lifted by the local Medical Officer of Health. Visual observations... Read More
07:00am Sat 02 Apr, 2022
Wednesday, March 30, marked the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union's 111th Annual General Meeting, which took place at Club Mount Maunganui. Board Members, Presidents,... Read More
06:50am Sat 02 Apr, 2022
Two decades of sustained predator control has seen heartening growth of the kiwi population at northern Coromandel's Mount Moehau. Moehau is an 892m high mountain,... Read More
08:00pm Fri 01 Apr, 2022
The Royal New Zealand Air Force, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, celebrates its 85th birthday today. On April 1, 1937, the Air Force Act took effect, formally recognising... Read More
07:00pm Fri 01 Apr, 2022
New Zealand is boosting its suite of medicines to treat Covid-19 with the arrival in the country of one medication, Paxlovid. Minister Andrew Little says they... Read More