Dawn broke over Hopukiore (Mt Drury) as more than 200 people gathered to mark Waitangi Day. The Tauranga Moana's Waitangi Day dawn service has been held... Read More

If you're after a fun, action-filled day of surf life saving sports at the beach, mark Saturday, February 14, on your calendar. Pukehina Surf Rescue is hosting... Read More

This weekend marks Elizabeth (Betty) Gilgen's first 100th birthday - her son Phil Gilgen says she has another 100 years to go. Betty's family will mark the... Read More

Today, Katikati's second annual Te Rā o Waitangi Whānau Festival (Waitangi Day Family Festival) will take place at the Haiku Reserve from 11am to 3pm. The... Read More

Things are set to heat up this Waitangi Weekend, with Tauranga and Rotorua forecast to bask in some of the warmest, driest and most settled weather in the country. People... Read More

More than 200mm of rain fell 24 hours before the January 22 landslides in Mount Maunganui and Welcome Bay that killed eight people. Waitangi Weekend is... Read More

New Zealand has just named its team to contest the Oceania Women's Motocross Championships in Australia next month. The event, scheduled for Wonthaggi, south... Read More

A Tauranga College Girls' student has been treated for minor injuries after a crash involving a car and truck earlier today. Emergency services responded... Read More

A Pāpāmoa woman missing in the Kaimai Range has been found safe and well, police say. Nicola O'Connor's house bus was found on Rapurapu Track in the... Read More

A new Bay of Plenty lifejacket rule expected to be in effect by mid-2025 has been put on hold. The Bay of Plenty Regional Council decided to make wearing... Read More

Part of the temporary road cordon around the Mauao landslide site is due to be lifted today. Tauranga City Council said this morning it aimed to have Adams... Read More

The Tauranga mayor said any decisions on the land immediately surrounding the fatal Mount Maunganui landslide will be months away, but feels it is unlikely... Read More