The final nominations are in for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana with some current councillors expecting to be returned to council unopposed and two... Read More

Police have caught the man who is alleged to have shot and killed an Australian tourist. Waikato District Crime Manager Detective Inspector Graham Pitkethley... Read More

Waihi is a finalist for the second year in a row for the title of Most Beautiful Small Town in the Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards. Narrowly missing out last... Read More

PowerCo advise there is a powercut on Saturday morning in Maketu due to a vehicle striking a pole. The power outage occurred at 8.57am and is affecting 43 properties. Power... Read More

A structure of wooden planks, used in the 1900s to gather and unleash water to ‘drive' kauri logs down Western Bay of Plenty hills to sawmills, is juxtaposed... Read More

Kaiate Falls is going to be receiving a lot of love and care, as volunteers gather today to plant hundreds of native trees and plants. The ‘Let's Make Kaiate... Read More

Kia ora and welcome to Saturday. Today's weather forecast includes cloud increasing with a chance of a shower or two. Rain will be developing in the evening... Read More

Tauranga's Phil Campbell returns to a happy hunting ground for the Dayle ITM Goldrush Rally Coromandel this weekend for the penultimate round of the Brian Green... Read More

After 15 years of lobbying successive governments on advanced recycling fees, there's a chance to fix it now, and fix it for a long time. So speak up, have your... Read More

It was a memorable season on the pitch for the Otumoetai Eels Rugby League Club - going all the way to the semis in the boiling league cauldron that is Waikato.... Read More

A Tauranga woman can't ask for more on her 105th birthday, with a piece of decadent chocolate cake and glass of lemonade in front of her, and her best friend by... Read More

The Ministry for Primary Industries is closing down its biosecurity response for a potato virus, which has now been found to be widespread here. The Potato Mop-Top... Read More