A Te Puke dog trainer who has hosted lessons at a local park for years has been told she needs a formal concession. Mandy Wood says she is relieved to have... Read More

An extremely malnourished and severely injured whio/blue duck has been euthanised after being discovered with a fishing hook in its foot and line wrapped around... Read More

Tauranga City Council could receive about $866,000 in the first year of a proposed National Party scheme to share international visitor levy revenue with councils. Tauranga... Read More

Bay of Plenty residents are in for a wet start to Friday and a windy weekend as a cold front pushes north, bringing overnight rain, cooler temperatures and strong... Read More

A woman who was attacked by two menacing dogs that escaped an Ōpōtiki property is calling for tougher rules. Awhina Kurei, who spoke to the Ōpōtiki District... Read More

Powerball players will be chasing a $6 million jackpot on Saturday after no ticket matched all the numbers needed to win Powerball First Division in Wednesday... Read More

A rare collection of military medals, paybooks and service records linked to three generations of the Graham family, including a soldier killed at Gallipoli's... Read More

Reports of text message scams jumped by more than 1000% last year after a new reporting feature was introduced, according to the Department of Internal Affairs'... Read More

Police have named the man who died in a house fire on Matakana Island. He was David Russell McCoubrie, 79, from Matakana Island. Emergency services... Read More

A Bay of Plenty woman diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year is encouraging others to spare two hours of their time to help support New Zealanders affected... Read More

Ōmokoroa Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Ian Blunt has been formally presented with a King's Service Medal by Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro. The... Read More

The deaths of nearly 200 eels in Bay of Plenty rivers have sparked an investigation into whether pump stations are 'mincing up tuna”. The Bay of... Read More