06:45am Thu 15 Aug, 2024
Health NZ is responding to the discovery of methamphetamine contaminated lollies this week. "Following confirmation by the Drug Foundation on Tuesday that... Read More
06:30am Thu 15 Aug, 2024
Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade has shown it has some of the best fire truck drivers in the country. A five-strong team competed in the United Fire Brigades'... Read More
08:00pm Wed 14 Aug, 2024
The New Zealand Government's Finance and Expenditure Committee is now taking submissions for its inquiry into banking competition, with a particular focus... Read More
07:00pm Wed 14 Aug, 2024
The honey industry is under pressure with rising input costs and falling demand, but industry group Apiculture New Zealand says there are green shoots starting... Read More
06:00pm Wed 14 Aug, 2024
Police say 16 meth 'lollies' have been recovered so far but they are unclear how many are still out there. Operation Tirade has been launched... Read More
05:00pm Wed 14 Aug, 2024
Some Rangitāiki Plains farmers are paying as much as $150,000 in targeted rates to the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, but feel they're not getting a fair representation... Read More
04:00pm Wed 14 Aug, 2024
The Reserve Bank has cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points - the first reduction in more than four years. The central bank says price pressures were... Read More
03:00pm Wed 14 Aug, 2024
Two sections of road rehabilitation work on State Highway 2 will be under way soon towards Whakatāne in the Western Bay of Plenty, and road users should expect... Read More
01:29pm Wed 14 Aug, 2024
Emergency services are responding to a crash involving two planes at Waihi Beach. A SunLive reader at Surf Shack says that a plane has crashed into another... Read More
01:00pm Wed 14 Aug, 2024
Expectations are building that the Reserve Bank will cut the official cash rate on Wednesday for the first time in more than four years. Wholesale interest... Read More
11:45am Wed 14 Aug, 2024
New Zealand's plasma supply is at a tipping point, as demand for this ‘liquid gold' in our blood continues to increase by over 10 per cent year on year.... Read More
11:15am Wed 14 Aug, 2024
The owner of a Rotorua motorbike shop says he feels 'shattered” and is 'still shaking” after 11 people in three cars ram-raided his store, stole... Read More