10:34am Thu 14 Jun, 2018
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
09:35am Thu 14 Jun, 2018
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
09:28am Thu 14 Jun, 2018
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
08:18am Thu 14 Jun, 2018
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
07:51am Thu 14 Jun, 2018
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
07:11am Thu 14 Jun, 2018
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
07:03am Thu 14 Jun, 2018
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
06:55am Thu 14 Jun, 2018
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
06:41am Thu 14 Jun, 2018
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
10:30pm Wed 13 Jun, 2018
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
09:00pm Wed 13 Jun, 2018
Plastics that were once able to be recycled are now heading straight to New Zealand landfills as China's waste import ban starts to bite. China stopped accepting... Read More
06:00pm Wed 13 Jun, 2018
If you like giving yourself chills, if spooks are something you are after, and if scary and history sounds like a good combination, then you'll be pleased to hear... Read More