A man busted piloting his boat back from an unsuccessful 120kg cocaine pick-up from a ship in the Port of Tauranga told police he was out on the water at... Read More

Working for Families debt has increased by more than $42 million in nine months, new data shows, and people are being warned it could get worse as unemployment... Read More

Don't be surprised if you see NZ fur seals in some curious places over coming months. DOC is asking public to be on the lookout for juvenile pinnipeds (adventurous... Read More

How many firemen does it take to change a smoke alarm battery? ‘'Five burly ones,'' says Carole Moselen from Katikati. Moselen thought she was getting... Read More

A High Court judge has given an official the power to take 'whatever steps necessary” to dispose of three 'idyllic” Bay of Plenty properties occupied... Read More

BayTrust is granting $135,000 to help Bay of Plenty businesses create positive social and environmental change alongside making a profit. A multi-year grant... Read More

Police are working to locate a woman who has been missing since last night. Pauline, 67, is believed to have driven her 2016 Mazda 3 Hatchback to the Wairere... Read More

On his 58th birthday, Tauranga father Darren Bidois received a 'devastating” diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease. He likens the fatal condition to being... Read More

Thousands of properties on the Coromandel Peninsula are without power after rough weather battered the area overnight on Sunday. Properties between Oputere... Read More

A water mains failure on 11th Avenue today has caused discolouration of water in Tauranga. Homes and businesses on the Te Papa Peninsula (including Greerton,... Read More

The year was 1924 and ‘Babe' Ruth batted them out of the park. J. Edgar Hoover became boss of the FBI. And Clarence Birdseye introduced frozen food to... Read More

Have you ever thought of volunteering a part of your time? Maybe you know someone - family or friend - who would gladly spend time talking and supporting patients... Read More