Somewhere just outside Te Puke, fields of strange alien-like vines are unfurling their tendrils, and growing large egg-like mottled golden fruits, covered in... Read More

The fight to prevent a water bottling plant expansion near Whakatane is far from over with iwi seeking to appeal a recent High Court decision dismissing their... Read More

Two heavily disguised men with a baseball bat and a shotgun burst into the Red Fox Tavern late on a Saturday in 1987, shot the publican dead and emptied the safe.... Read More

National MP Simon Bridges has railed against the government's move to protect Maori wards, describing it as insulting as a Maori man. Labour has begun rushing... Read More

Tauranga business, property and iwi leaders have formed a task force in an effort to address the growth and leadership issues the city is facing. More... Read More

Drought conditions are now forming across parts of NZ but some wet weather this week and next will be helpful - in both main islands. There has been a rapid dry... Read More

The inaugural Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is marking its first day as an independent Crown entity. 'This is a very significant day for the commission,”... Read More

A tenants' advocacy group says renters are increasingly having their tenancies prematurely ended, as landlords make moves before new rules set in. It comes... Read More

The Bay's community orchestra has added an extra-special summer concert to its 2021 programme, to cater for all those music lovers who missed hearing live classical... Read More

Police have charged a second person in relation to a boat rage incident at Tairua Wharf. A 52-year-old woman has been charged with common assault and is due to... Read More

For those who would like to have a go at orienteering, there are social orienteering events planned across both Tauranga and Rotorua cities over the next few weeks. The... Read More

For the first time since leaving Waihi College in 2018, Ryan Trubshaw is feeling hopeful about his future. 'I really wanted to be a mechanic but I wasn't sure... Read More