Temperature extremes in Aotearoa New Zealand are happening far more often than expected, according to NIWA. Researchers have analysed 70 years' worth of weather... Read More

It was a record year for the property market in 2021, which saw the national average value of a house top $1 million for the first time. According to property... Read More

A body has been found in the Waikato River, where police have been searching for a swimmer missing since Monday. While formal identification is yet to be done,... Read More

A Tauranga medical official at the front of the Covid-19 pandemic fight says 'we need to do better at providing housing for everybody”. Toi Te Ora Medical... Read More

A child has died at a Bay of Plenty waterfall as New Zealand's water-related summer death toll continues to rise. Police have confirmed the death of a child... Read More

UPDATE: One person has been airlifted to Waikato Hospital in a serious condition after a crash involving a campervan and two cars in Ōhope. Another patient,... Read More

There's a significant cooler change moving up the South Island today and tomorrow as another high pressure system rolls in from south of Australia. As a new... Read More

UPDATE 5.05pm: St John ambulance confirms that three patients are in a critical condition following a water incident at Tairua bar today. Two of those in a... Read More

Unichem Pharmacy in Greerton is being named as close contact location of interest by the Ministry of Health. People who visited the pharmacy on Chadwick... Read More

Bangladesh have claimed an historic victory over New Zealand in the first cricket test at the Bay Oval in Mt Maunganui. The record-breaking nine-wicket win was... Read More

Today, the Ministry of Health is reporting there are four people in Tauranga Hospital with Covid-19. Three people are currently in either a high dependency unit... Read More

Almost a million people are eligible for a Covid-19 vaccine booster from today and there are concerns the system will not be able to cope. The interval between... Read More