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Daylight Saving Time springs us forward an hour

New Zealand springs forward tonight as Daylight Saving time begins. Clocks will go forward by one hour at 2am on Sunday September 27. Daylight saving time... Read More

Bird of the year is ready for take-off

New Zealanders are getting ready to campaign and vote for their favourite native birds in the nation's most popular annual bird contest. Forest & Bird's... Read More

Oropi Country Market opens on Sunday

Stallholders at the Oropi Country Market are excited that they can finally have the doors of the Oropi Memorial Hall open again now that most of the country are... Read More

Omokoroa campaigns for a local college

While other secondary students are eating their breakfast, the students of Omokoroa and the surrounding areas are already on the bus, preparing to be stuck in... Read More

Covid-19: Two new cases reported today

There have been two new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today - one imported and one historical case. There was no media conference held today. In... Read More

Dan Carter swoons crowd at Tauranga Gala Dinner

All Blacks legend, Dan Carter, appeared in the first big event back in Level 1 in the Bay of Plenty, with his special guest appearance at last night's Tauranga... Read More

Robbery in Kawerau

Police report that a robbery took place in Kawerau this morning. 'We have had a report of a robbery at a shop on Stafford St shortly after 10.20am,” says... Read More

Heavy rain and gales for New Zealand

Weather warnings and watches are in force for much of the country today. The MetService advise that there is a severe weather watch in place as a significant... Read More

The race is on to trace contacts of newest cluster

Public health services around the country are in a race to trace people who may have been in contact with the newest Covid-19 cluster. On Friday, the Ministry... Read More

NZ Police acknowledges death of Sergeant Ratana

New Zealand Police today acknowledges the death of serving Metropolitan Police officer, and former New Zealand Police officer, Sergeant Matiu Ratana, known as... Read More

What’s on – rugby, archeology, art and music

Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Kia harikoa. Kaua e manukanuka. Kia hari to whanau me o hoa. The MetService advise that the day starts off fine for... Read More

Re:Maker launches today with an open day and party

It's all about remaking, revaluing and re-purposing. A new initiative that revalues items seen as waste and creates a community of ‘remakers' is... Read More