Waikato Regional Council is having to set up turtle traps as ponds at a Coromandel beach have become inundated with the animals. Biosecurity Officer Andrew McConnell... Read More

New research into what Kiwis want from tourism and domestic holidays has been released to help the industry adjust to the impact of COVID19 on borders and international... Read More

Claudia Kelly is fit and firing and has put in some intense study on Mount Maunganui's Main Beach but she'll still cast a wary eye over her shoulder during... Read More

Electoral officer Warwick Lampp has confirmed that the proposed introduction of a Maori ward at Tauranga City Council will go to a referendum. This comes after... Read More

Western Bay of Plenty District Council is seeking interest from the Omokoroa community for groups that may wish to use the old pavilion when it is relocated on the... Read More

A Tauranga man thought he had turned $3000 into $31,000 in just weeks through cryptocurrency, but he now knows he'll never see a cent of it. Bruce Harding believes... Read More

Emotion ran high at a public meeting discussing the implementation of Maori wards in Tauranga this afternoon, with opposing views on racism and approaches that... Read More

"These wretched peacocks squawked: ‘help, help, help' and you froze in your bed and waited to feel a quake.” Joy Macgregor is describing one of the... Read More

There have been no new community cases of COVID-19 reported in New Zealand today, but there are two more possible cases at the Pullman Hotel. COVID-19 Response... Read More

A crew member on a ship berthed at the Port of Tauranga has tested positive for COVID-19 A crew member on board the Pan Gloris returned a weak positive result... Read More

A group of peaceful protesters will speak about the importance of Maori wards at a public meeting in Tauranga today. The meeting has been organised by a group... Read More

Fonterra is blaming an open valve for a spill of 170,000 litres of skim milk into the Tasman Sea from its Whareroa plant in Taranaki. The leak left globules of... Read More