07:00am Sat 06 Feb, 2021
The 28th annual Paeroa Highland Games & Tattoo takes place next weekend and there will be plenty of Bay of Plenty interest at the event. There is the added excitement... Read More
06:50am Sat 06 Feb, 2021
Walking into the Casita store it seems like a typical shop selling art, clothing and jewellery but it is much more than that. Casita is providing people with disabilities... Read More
06:00am Sat 06 Feb, 2021
A great range of hands-on workshops, exhibitions and live entertainment are planned for the Tauranga Moana Waitangi Day Festival today. The day begins... Read More
08:01pm Fri 05 Feb, 2021
More than $63,000 has been raised for the Waipuna Hospice as a result of an annual Christmas appeal. Bayfair and Tauranga Crossing Farmers store were fully behind... Read More
07:07pm Fri 05 Feb, 2021
State Highway 2 is open following a serious crash in Pongakawa. The highway was closed just before 4.30pm after two vehicles crashed head-on near the intersection... Read More
07:01pm Fri 05 Feb, 2021
It's been a long, hot day, after a full week of work. A long weekend is on the horizon. You're loading the family into the car to begin the trek to the bach,... Read More
05:45pm Fri 05 Feb, 2021
Resource consents for the development of a new jet fuel storage facility in Mount Maunganui have been declined. Resource consent for Timaru Oil Services has been... Read More
05:31pm Fri 05 Feb, 2021
For Helen O'Connor and her friends, tracking where they've been and who they've seen while the country is at Alert Level One is not easy without a smartphone. 'I'm... Read More
04:44pm Fri 05 Feb, 2021
Updated: A person is in a critical condition and State Highway 2 in Pongakawa is closed following a crash. The two-vehicle crash occurred at the intersection... Read More
04:30pm Fri 05 Feb, 2021
The largest women's fishing competitions in the country is set to take place in Whangamata this weekend. The 2021 Smart Marine Nauti Girls tournament will see... Read More
03:20pm Fri 05 Feb, 2021
A woman circumnavigating New Zealand on horse-back is passing through the Bay of Plenty. Larissa Mueller, who averages more than 100 kilometres a week on horseback,... Read More
02:51pm Fri 05 Feb, 2021
A new library, harbour and mussel factory planned for Opotiki have pushed up the value of building consents lodged by $10 million in one year, trouncing the... Read More