09:37am Wed 10 Aug, 2016
The team of international experts who worked so hard to rescue the orca calf found alone in Tauranga Harbour have packed up and left Ongare Point, exhausted and... Read More
09:10am Wed 10 Aug, 2016
They lay in bed in Tauranga angsting and losing sleep while their ship, the Norfolk Guardian, was being battered by 170km/h winds in treacherous sub-antarctic waters... Read More
08:25am Wed 10 Aug, 2016
Life was turned upside for the Ngatai whānau when patriarch Enoka suffered a stroke which left him unable to walk, speak or swallow late last year. His family... Read More
07:05am Wed 10 Aug, 2016
Shellfish on the most popular beaches in the Western Bay of Plenty remain off limits for human consumption as they remain contaminated with high levels of paralytic... Read More
06:52am Wed 10 Aug, 2016
A leap of faith has saved a man whose yacht encountered some steering problems in rough seas in the Bay of Plenty. A distress signal was set off at 8.15pm sparking... Read More
06:49am Wed 10 Aug, 2016
Post-harvest company Aongatete has set up a trust to help support the families of five Tongan men killed in a traffic accident last week. Father and son, Koli Vaipulu... Read More
06:00pm Tue 09 Aug, 2016
If you care about clean water and the environment then Fish & Game is urging you to stand as candidates in your local council elections this year. The local body... Read More
04:45pm Tue 09 Aug, 2016
A new employment programme designed to get people with health conditions and disabilities into work has been launched in the Bay of Plenty. EmployAbility involves... Read More
04:35pm Tue 09 Aug, 2016
The Waimana Gorge linking Tāneatua and Ōpōtiki is expected to re-open to one lane later today after a large slip blocked the highway on Monday night. A helicopter... Read More
02:23pm Tue 09 Aug, 2016
The operation involving an orca calf found alone in Tauranga Harbour did not fit within Department of Conservation's protocols. 'Situations such as this one are... Read More
01:34pm Tue 09 Aug, 2016
A Bay of Plenty man is facing criminal nuisance charges following an investigation into power cuts which led to the death of a Taupo woman. Fai Deane passed away... Read More
12:29pm Tue 09 Aug, 2016
One of America's most critically acclaimed underground punk bands will be bringing the noise to town next week. As part of their first ever tour to New Zealand,... Read More