Ash has shot out of Whakaari/White Island setting up photo opportunities against a beautiful morning sunrise. The 'short period of sunrise ash emission”... Read More

Keep Whakatāne Beautiful Committee is joining forces with Bay of Plenty Tree Crops Association to keep fruit on the menu in the Eastern Bay, now and in the... Read More

A Tauranga woman is being congratulated for achieving the highest coaching qualification on offer in netball in New Zealand. Helena Hoult has completed the... Read More

Community calls for a safer environment is resulting in the Arataki bus hub getting a upgrade. With more than 40,000 bus passengers a month, Arataki is the... Read More

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is re-examining the installation of a median barrier on two sections of State Highway 2 between Waihī and Ōmokoroa. The... Read More

Two people are in critical condition following a crash in the Western Bay of Plenty. Emergency services were called to the single-vehicle crash on Hot Spring... Read More

A body has been located off the coast of Whakatāne during the search for a man reported missing after going overboard from a vessel. Rescuers scoured... Read More

From state-of-the-art fighter jets neutralising would-be enemies to collective problem-solving about simulated aerial threats, Exercise Pitch Black 2024 is currently... Read More

The professional body for emergency doctors says Rotorua Hospital has until January to employ more senior clinicians to keep its licence to train specialists. In... Read More

'This is a circus.” That was one frustrated comment during a heated three-hour council debate about a golf club lease, in which the mayor asked a councillor... Read More

Emergency services are at the scene of a house fire in Pāpāmoa. "We are in attendance of a house fire, we have a crew from Tauranga, Mount Maunganui... Read More

A chilly polar blast is set to hit the country after an unusually warm week. Cold southerlies could bring snow to low levels - 400-500m - in the South Island... Read More