07:00pm Mon 07 Jul, 2025
Contempt over the cost-of-living crunch, vilification of the media from an unlikely source, and bickering about burglaries. That's all in the last couple... Read More
06:00pm Mon 07 Jul, 2025
Earlier this week semaglutide drugs Ozempic and Wegovy were made available for prescription in New Zealand. Semaglutide originally arrived on the market in... Read More
05:00pm Mon 07 Jul, 2025
A Tauranga man's dedication to providing meat to the community has led to him being named Volunteer of the Year at the 2025 Volunteer Star Awards. The announcement... Read More
04:00pm Mon 07 Jul, 2025
Three Tauranga teams and one from Rotorua are preparing to go head-to-head in the Baywide Premier semifinals after dominating wins at the weekend. Whakarewarewa... Read More
02:00pm Mon 07 Jul, 2025
New Zealand's downhill mountain bike riders produced another beacon performance across all finals at the latest round of the UCI Whoop MTB World Series in La... Read More
01:00pm Mon 07 Jul, 2025
A woman with paranoid schizophrenia and breast cancer is believed to have been exploited by people who regularly visit her social housing flat and cause... Read More
11:45am Mon 07 Jul, 2025
Champion Tauranga-born boxer Cherneka Johnson is set to make history on a world stage, live on Netflix. The World Boxing Association (WBA) World Bantamweight... Read More
11:00am Mon 07 Jul, 2025
A Bay of Plenty mum says her world was flipped upside down when her teenage son was dealt a shock diagnosis of leukaemia. Described by his family as 'kind... Read More
10:00am Mon 07 Jul, 2025
After a couple of tough seasons, the avocado industry is predicting better times ahead. Picking began last month and NZ Avocado CEO Brad Siebert expects exports... Read More
09:03am Mon 07 Jul, 2025
Kāinga Ora's plans to build two three-storey blocks of 24 one- and two-bedroom apartments on the Ranolf St and Malfroy Rd corner have been scrapped. Instead,... Read More
08:00am Mon 07 Jul, 2025
About 80 school-age kart racers, aged from 7 to 17 and coming from schools all around the country, will descend on the Western Bay of Plenty this month to vie... Read More
07:05am Mon 07 Jul, 2025
Waikato-Bay of Plenty farmer Hugh Jackson says he is over the moon to secure the title of New Zealand's top young farmer. The 26-year-old was crowned... Read More