10:06am Tue 03 Sep, 2019
Heavy rain and northeasterly gales are forecast to lash the region this afternoon. A complex low and associated fronts are expected to move onto the upper... Read More
09:11am Tue 03 Sep, 2019
Smoke and flames could be seen from a fire in the Bay of Plenty overnight. Fire crews attended a fire at Kraft Engineering in the Ngongotaha industrial... Read More
08:42am Tue 03 Sep, 2019
Airflows from the sub-tropics means New Zealand has more mild weather in the days ahead with plenty of rain clouds sliding south. Clouds will thicken today from... Read More
08:06am Tue 03 Sep, 2019
A man who escaped custody in the Bay of Plenty has been apprehended. The 27-year-old allegedly escaped from police custody at Rotorua Hospital on 23 August... Read More
07:41am Tue 03 Sep, 2019
More than 800 people in Auckland have now caught the measles, with more than 50 schools and a similar number of childcare centres experiencing cases this year. The... Read More
06:58am Tue 03 Sep, 2019
A young man who claims he was assaulted at a Labour Party youth camp last year has told a jury it "screwed up" his life. A 21-year-old man is accused of assaulting... Read More
06:51am Tue 03 Sep, 2019
A new police foster puppy has arrived in Tauranga, and he needs a name. The new puppy has ties in New Zealand and Australia as his father Rocco is police... Read More
06:39am Tue 03 Sep, 2019
Coromandel company Wakame Fresh is the first recipient of a government grant to help it turn pest seaweed into premium edible export. Undaria is an invasive seaweed... Read More
08:00pm Mon 02 Sep, 2019
Primary and intermediate school principals are telling the Ministry of Education they don't want children as young as 10 tested to new NCEA standards. The... Read More
07:00pm Mon 02 Sep, 2019
When talking about death and serious injury rates from road crashes the NZTA's senior manager, strategic interventions Lisa Rossiter says New Zealand actually... Read More
06:00pm Mon 02 Sep, 2019
Bay of Plenty real estate agencies took out three awards at the 2019 REINZ Awards for Excellence - the real estate profession's annual national awards evening.... Read More
05:08pm Mon 02 Sep, 2019
Foodstuffs North Island has begun its quest to find this year's Checker of the Year with nine regional tournaments to narrow down top contenders. It was the... Read More