03:00pm Tue 12 Jan, 2021
The government is putting in place a suite of additional actions to protect New Zealand from COVID-19, including new emerging variants, COVID-19 Response Minister... Read More
01:59pm Tue 12 Jan, 2021
A person is in hospital after a water incident in Maketu today. St John was called to the incident near Bledisloe Park Ave just after 11.30am, says a St John... Read More
01:00pm Tue 12 Jan, 2021
The clubhouse building at New Zealand's largest clay shooting and coaching facility in Omanawa has burnt to the ground. Loaded NZ, which offers clay shooting,... Read More
11:46am Tue 12 Jan, 2021
As Zoe Kennedy reflects back on her life in Tauranga, she says something extraordinary. 'Tauranga gave me my dream.” She pauses and smiles. About a week... Read More
11:15am Tue 12 Jan, 2021
A prominent educationalist says with more Kiwi kids engaging in part-time online learning this summer, it's positive that Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew... Read More
10:45am Tue 12 Jan, 2021
A second man has been charged in connection with an alleged attack at Rotorua's hotpools. Nikora O'Neill, 21, appeared at Rotorua District Court on Monday where... Read More
10:15am Tue 12 Jan, 2021
Tauranga could start to see a whole lot more speed skaters on the streets. Romina Rojas, who won a gold medal at the New Zealand Roller Sports Speed Championships... Read More
09:30am Tue 12 Jan, 2021
It's 10pm and NIWA trucks are driving along Thornton beach towards the Rangitaiki river mouth, a 10 minute drive West of Whakatane. At 10:30pm Waikato university... Read More
09:00am Tue 12 Jan, 2021
New figures released by KnowYourStuffNZ show that drug checking this summer resulted in the vast majority of people who attended drug checking choosing not to... Read More
08:30am Tue 12 Jan, 2021
A former WorkSafe inspector says procedures at airports, ports and MIQ facilities are far too relaxed to prevent one of the new strains of COVID-19 getting into... Read More
08:00am Tue 12 Jan, 2021
'We are the champions, my friends 'And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end 'We are the champions 'We are the champions.” The lyrics to the iconic... Read More
07:30am Tue 12 Jan, 2021
The Volcanic Alert Level for Mount Ruapehu has been lowered to one. The Department of Conservation closed the summit area of Mount Ruapehu on December 21, 2020.... Read More