Most of the North Island and the top of the South are cloaked under weather alerts, impacting major holiday and festival hotspots. Rain has already begun... Read More

With many parts of the country experiencing hot and windy conditions, Fire and Emergency New Zealand has enforced restrictions on outdoor fires in several districts,... Read More

As bargain hunters head online, police are urging the public to stay vigilant when buying and selling goods through social media platforms. Authorities say... Read More

The Te Puke Community Charitable Trust has formally re-settled its remaining funds to establish the Te Puke Community Fund, in partnership with the Eastern Bay... Read More

A Kiwi summer can go wrong in so many ways. An undercooked turkey. A structurally-unsound pavlova. Inconsistently-applied sunscreen on a scorching day. But... Read More

A group of Tauranga women is proving there is no age limit when it comes to playing basketball. The Swish walking basketball group, which stood for Senior... Read More

A warning has been issued after multiple people have been hospitalised after using synthetic drugs. High Alert, a drug watchdog, said the cases had been linked... Read More

Waikato Regional Council is launching its annual Operation Neptune safety blitz, with maritime officers stepping up patrols across the region's busiest waterways... Read More

School's out, temperatures are rising and the days are longer. Summer is heating up in the Bay of Plenty, and there are plenty of events to make sure it's... Read More

Surf lifeguards say they're having to perform fewer rescues thanks to a focus on preventive lifeguarding. And as summer's hot weather drives hordes to the... Read More

Christmas Eve has retained its title as the busiest shopping day of the year, but the peak hour was well down on previous years. Payments network Worldline... Read More

More than 4500 unwanted Christmas gifts had already been listed for sale online by 8.30am on Boxing Day, according to Trade Me. Interesting listings include... Read More