A critical Western Bay of Plenty transport upgrade has been granted fast-track approval, Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop has announced. The NZ Transport... Read More

Workers, businesses, and families in the Bay of Plenty will be hit hard by the pressure of rising fuel costs caused by conflict in the Middle East, experts... Read More

Whakatāne Hospital will soon be able to recruit and deploy staff without central sign-off. Health Minister Simeon Brown has announced that from July 1, decision-making... Read More

Organisations supporting young people across the Katikati to Ōpōtiki coastal region are being encouraged to apply for funding through the Bay of Plenty Education... Read More

Baypark Speedway is set for a weekend of full-contact racing, with two major late‑season events drawing bumper fields and top talent from across the North... Read More

From a lifetime of service to the promise of future leadership, the Western Bay Community Awards recognised those making a difference at every stage of life. A... Read More

If you think you're seeing double at Otūmoetai Primary School, you're probably right. The Tauranga school has 13 sets of twins on the roll and a 14th pair... Read More

Tauranga drivers face years of 'unavoidable” disruption under a proposed major upgrade of one of the city's busiest transport routes. Tauranga City... Read More

Tauranga is set to enjoy a spell of settled, sunshine‑rich weather this weekend, thanks to a broad ridge of high pressure settling over Aotearoa New Zealand. With... Read More

Issues of roaming and aggressive dogs are in the national spotlight after attacks and deaths. To gain insight into the work of those on the dog control frontlines,... Read More

A plan to allow commercial fishers to land and sell 19 reef fish species caught as bycatch in two fishing zones around the top of the North Island has been... Read More

A Tauranga man has been sentenced to 24 months' imprisonment for tax and Covid-related offending after obtaining more than $80,000 he wasn't entitled to. Vincent... Read More