A Whakatāne funeral home has a new way to send your loved one off in style. The Last Ride is a new service by Gateway Funeral Services that allows clients... Read More

UPDATED: State Highway 2 near Baypark is now open after a multiple vehicle crash forced the closure of the highway earlier. Emergency services were called... Read More

A Rotorua vendor who allegedly continued selling nitrous oxide canisters, commonly known as nangs, despite repeated warnings is facing up to two years in... Read More

A winning Lotto First Division ticket has been sold in Tauranga. Five players nationwide each won $200,000 in last night's live draw. The winning Tauranga... Read More

Rotorua's Ivan Deadman turned 100 this week - and he's still driving his Mustang convertible. 'When I was 90, I moved in here and I bought myself a Mustang... Read More

More than 1000 Mount Maunganui residents have signed a petition calling for immediate action from the council and police on what they say are dangerous drivers... Read More

Two men in the grips of a meth addiction led police on a high-speed pursuit after stealing cars, a caravan and threatening an elderly man at knife-point... Read More

Tauranga's 'Transition to Recovery” period after January's severe weather events has been extended. Eight people died in landslides in Mount Maunganui... Read More

The first stage of the Tauriko Enabling Works project has been delivered, with the SH29-Redwood Lane roundabout now open in its final layout after nearly... Read More

Long-serving Murupara GP Dr Bernard Conlon says he is relieved a long-delayed Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal hearing will finally go ahead, bringing... Read More

As the anniversary of Timothy Tu'uaki Rolleston-Bryan's death approaches, his grieving grandparents say they are feeling 'angry and upset” that the... Read More

Truckers are worried that they will not be allowed to drive over bridges being built on the Government's Roads of National Significance. Two bridges built... Read More