It's not quite the Jacob's ladder which led to heaven but 30 or 40 concrete steps to be built up the long steep bank from the playing field at Mitchell Park in... Read More

Rotorua locals are one step closer to having a cleaner lake, following an interim Environment Court decision on Lake Rotorua nutrient management rules that has... Read More

A total of 53 candidates are contesting this year's Local Body Elections in the Western Bay of Plenty. Nominations closed on Friday ahead of polling day on Saturday,... Read More

A joint Biosecurity New Zealand and Potatoes New Zealand response to the crop disease Potato mop-top virus -PMTV is being closed out, with industry taking the... Read More

I phoned Georgia Jamieson Emms because she's in town with the rest of the Wanderlust Opera crew to perform Don Pasquale at Baycourt tonight. She's an unbelievably... Read More

The number of cruise ships visiting New Zealand, and the amount of spending by cruise ship passengers has continued to rise significantly. Auckland and Tauranga... Read More

Police are investigating following a body being found at a Rotorua mountain bike park. Emergency services responded to a report of a sudden death in the Whakarewarewa... Read More

PowerCo advise there is a powercut on Saturday morning at Mount Maunganui. The power outage occurred at 11.45am and is affecting 110 properties. The cause of... Read More

The Metservice has issued a snowfall warning for the Desert Road. Snow is forecast to affect the road tonight and early Sunday morning. Between 7pm Saturday... Read More

NZTA are advising motorists to adopt an alternative route this weekend if travelling north on SH2 towards Mount Maunganui. There are major delays today near the... Read More

EastPack, New Zealand's largest post-harvest service Kiwifruit provider, usually embraces kiwis of gold or green variety but now it's added a brown kiwi to the... Read More

Police report there has been a minor nose to tail collision on the Tauranga Eastern Link this morning. The accident happened just after 10.10am on Saturday morning,... Read More