With barely three years behind the lens, Tauranga fine art portrait photographer Karolina Ferbei has been chosen to represent New Zealand in an international art... Read More

The Privileges Committee will consider whether a false statement by Education Minister Jan Tinetti and delay in correcting it amounts to contempt of Parliament,... Read More

The Crown Research Institute GNS Science has today pleaded guilty to charges brought against it in the wake of the deadly Whakaari eruption. The charges relate... Read More

With cabins lifted off foundations and a footbridge destroyed, Steve O'Hara is counting the damage from a flash flood that swept through his Bay of Plenty campground. The... Read More

The owners of Whakaari/White Island have failed in a bid to get the charges levelled against them in the wake of the Whakaari eruption dismissed - though the judge... Read More

Tauranga's Jared Menzies has scored second place as the top carpentry apprentice in the country, at the New Zealand Certified Builders Apprentice Challenge sponsored... Read More

A Tauranga retailer has packed up and relocated his store out of the city centre because he 'can't see a future there” anymore. Bill and Frances Campbell... Read More

Shark scientist Riley Elliott is calling on the public to help find a missing shark tag. In a post on Facebook, Riley says the tag appears to have floated ashore... Read More

Western Bay of Plenty residents have increased the amount of waste diverted from landfill by 20 per cent compared to last year. Since Western Bay of Plenty District... Read More

Tauranga Hospital's Acute Mental Health Inpatient unit will be upgraded to ensure improvements are in place as soon as possible for tāngata whaiora (service users),... Read More

Tauranga City have moved into the promotion places in the NRFL Championship after a hard-fought win over Onehunga Mangere United at Links Ave on Saturday. Colby... Read More

Update, 9.15am: Traffic is now flowing following emergency services extinguishing a vehicle fire at the top of the Kaimai Range, on State Highway 29. "We received... Read More