07:00pm Wed 22 Apr, 2020
Global data collected by Google shows most New Zealanders are continuing to abide by level 4 restrictions, despite an increase in lockdown breaches and convictions. Google... Read More
05:56pm Wed 22 Apr, 2020
A local gardening initiative has released a series of how-to videos for Bay of Plenty kids to grow a green thumb. Incorporated society Peoples, Plants, Schools... Read More
04:58pm Wed 22 Apr, 2020
A dad and daughter-duo from Mount Maunganui hope their YouTube videos, featuring pranks, self-defence demonstrations and harbour-side joke telling, will help people... Read More
03:58pm Wed 22 Apr, 2020
Continued complaints to Whakatāne District Council have prompted a reminder for owners to keep dogs on leads at all times, even as the country enters Alert Level... Read More
03:18pm Wed 22 Apr, 2020
Normally April and May are the quietest months of the year for the Tauranga Community Foodbank, but lockdown has changed things this year. Foodbank manager... Read More
02:20pm Wed 22 Apr, 2020
Mother nature sure is turning on the charm this week. Tauranga residents have reported stunning sunrises and sunsets, one fisherman caught a kingfish with his... Read More
01:47pm Wed 22 Apr, 2020
A Tauranga man's afternoon walk along Wairoa River took an unexpected turn after he caught a 20kg kingfish with his hands. Logan Reid was walking his dog Bonny... Read More
12:55pm Wed 22 Apr, 2020
UPDATE: Six new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past 24 hours in New Zealand, with one more death confirmed. Three cases are connected to overseas... Read More
11:45am Wed 22 Apr, 2020
National is calling for clarity on the legality of community checkpoints despite them being credited as key in keeping COVID-19 out of isolated communities. Iwi... Read More
11:31am Wed 22 Apr, 2020
Inspired Kindergartens welcomes the government's announcement regarding moving to level three of its COVID-19 response. "We are working towards opening our kindergartens... Read More
11:07am Wed 22 Apr, 2020
DairyNZ and Federated Farmers are pleased to see certainty provided by the Government, that Moving Day - or Moving Week as it will likely be - can proceed from... Read More
10:22am Wed 22 Apr, 2020
UPDATED 11.59AM: Reports of someone having a firearm next them prompted an armed callout in a Tauranga suburb this morning. Armed police cordons were put in place... Read More