The New Zealand Blood Service is hitting the road with a lifesaving first: a mobile plasma collection bus set to expand access to plasma donation across the... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has proposed a 4% general rates increase for the 2026/27 financial year. The council has also proposed a shake-up of how its... Read More

New Zealander Roma Forbes is Australia's top university teacher. Ōpōtiki-born Forbes, who teaches physiotherapy at the University of Queensland, has been... Read More

The Aerocool Rescue Helicopter has released its January mission report, revealing a demanding start to the year with 56 life-saving callouts across the coastal... Read More

A Bay of Plenty education success story is set to go national after House of Science secured a major government contract to deliver hands-on science and pūtaiao... Read More

A thunderstorm watch is now in place for the Bay of Plenty and Rotorua regions. A fast‑developing and unstable air mass is expected to bring showery, potentially... Read More

A warning has been issued about drivers using nitrous oxide after a spike in crashes linked to the drug. The gas is also known by other names, including... Read More

Tauranga residents are set for a noticeable cool‑down as a cold front moves up the country, bringing colder conditions to mark the start of meteorological... Read More

Volunteer firefighter Peter Ottley still remembers his world turning upside down. Two weeks after a callout to a fatal bus crash, he said, he lost the plot. He... Read More

Tauranga robotics company Syos Aerospace has won a contract to supply the New Zealand Defence Force with drones. The air, land and sea drones will be... Read More

Marine Parade businesses who lost tens of thousands of dollars in revenue since the fatal Mauao landslide have begged Tauranga City Council for rates relief. A... Read More

Pregnant women in Whakatāne will no longer have to go to Tauranga for high-risk births from mid-April. Secondary obstetrics and gynaecology services at Whakatāne... Read More