Rotorua and Tauranga residents will have a chance to directly feed into the Government's review of NCEA on Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 June. Patrick Walsh, Principal... Read More

The jury at the trial of a man accused of murdering his nine-month-old daughter has heard him telling police about the moment he realised his daughter was "gone".... Read More

A proposal to expand the Otakiri Springs water bottling plant in Eastern Bay of Plenty has been granted consent by an independent hearing panel. Independent... Read More

There is new hope the body of a New Zealander killed in the Korean war could be coming home after spending more than 60 years in North Korea. Robert Edward Marchioni,... Read More

More road deaths in 2017 involved drivers with drugs in their system than over the alcohol limit, figures obtained by the AA reveal. The table below shows the... Read More

In today's weather forecast we are expecting a fine day apart from some early cloud. Southwesterlies should be dying out at night. It's a two-clothing... Read More

The Northern Stars lose 61-64 in another tight battle to the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in ANZ Premiership action in Mount Maunganui. The Stars turned in a much-improved... Read More

Antarctica has lost about three trillion tonnes of ice since 1992 and scientists say the window of opportunity to prevent major meltdown of the icesheets is narrowing. The... Read More

A search is underway in a remote section of bush in the Coromandel Peninsula after a man mysteriously disappeared a fortnight ago. Shannon Earle Makowharemahihi,... Read More

People from the Bay of Plenty and Waikato have answered a Tauranga Labour List MP's call for knitted goodies. A few months ago, Jan Tinetti wrote in her regular... Read More

Glass recycling will be a woe of the past for Tauranga residents as city council introduces a new kerbside collection service. The interim, rates-funded... Read More

Housing affordability was the Achilles heel of the former government, and it continues to test the new administration. There were fractious exchanges between Housing... Read More