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Emergency fund opens after deadly BOP storms

The Western Bay Emergency Response Fund is now open and people are being asked to donate if they can. The fun has been activated to support communities after... Read More

Three post offices in Tauranga to close

More than 140 NZ Post stores are closing as part of changes to the organisation's urban retail store network, leaving some customers 3km away from their next... Read More

Welcome Bay landslide: Family 'devastated' by loss

Police have released the names of the two people who died in a landslide in Welcome Bay. Ten-year-old Austen Keith Richardson and his grandmother, 71-year-old... Read More

Call for 'Plan B' on repeatedly damaged highways

Farmers on the East Coast are worried about how long it will take to reopen storm-damaged State Highway 2. A large part of the Waioweka Gorge - which connects... Read More

Lotto winners: Winning ticket sold in BOP

Three lucky Lotto players from Auckland, Edgecumbe and Taranaki will be over the moon after each winning $333,333 with Lotto First Division in Saturday night's... Read More

Fundraisers and memorial services for victims

Fundraisers and memorial services are being run across New Zealand for victims of Mount Maunganui's fatal landslide. The cordon at Mount Maunganui has... Read More

Landmarks shut, four homes red-stickered

Four properties on Adams Ave in Mount Manganui have been red-stickered after landslides on Thursday. Cordons remain in place in the area as a recovery operation... Read More

Sport stars gather at Mount to pay their respects

Members of the Chiefs and Fijian Drua Super Rugby Pacific teams gathered together at Mount Maunganui to pay their respects to the victims of the landslide at... Read More

$1.2m to help regions affected by deadly weather

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says it has been a tough start to the year for those impacted by the weather events that claimed nine lives. Luxon said the... Read More

Slip: Pāpāmoa family's home red-stickered

A Pāpāmoa family have 'nowhere to live” after their home was red-stickered following a deadly landslide. Becks Smith and her children, Meihana Orupe,... Read More

Serious injury after SH29 Tauranga Rd crash

UPDATED at 1.41PM: One person is reported to be seriously injured after a car and truck collided on State Highway 29. Police were called to the crash at 10.35am. 'A... Read More

Katikati woman remembered

A courageous, determined, talented woman who smashed her goals, gave back to community and always cared for those around her is how Liz Ward will be remembered. The... Read More