A duffle bag containing 21 bricks of cocaine, worth an estimated $7.3 million, has been seized from a shipping container at the Port of Tauranga. A Customs... Read More

A wetlands initiative in the Bay of Plenty region has earned national acclaim, winning the Environmental Sustainability Project Award at the 2025 Water New Zealand... Read More

An international Kiwi sportsman was caught drink-driving after he strayed from his usual course of paying for a ride after a night's drinking. A judge... Read More

An increase in Bay of Plenty and Lakes patients having elective surgeries sooner is 'not sustainable” amid staffing shortages, the senior doctors'... Read More

One new measles case has been confirmed in the Northland outbreak over the weekend, bringing the total number of cases in Northland to 10. With Queenstown's... Read More

Witness statements at the coronial inquiry into the Whakaari-White Island disaster begin today. The volcano in Bay of Plenty erupted on December 9, 2019,... Read More

Tauranga triathlete Jenny Bradley has always loved sports. But having a young family and business, 'sport was put to the side”. Bradley, 69, competed... Read More

The Reserve Bank could cut the Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points this week - but what would that mean for home loan rates? The bank will review the official... Read More

As another October rolls around, so does Breast Cancer Support Service's Hot Pink Walk. On October 15, 'a sea of pink, big smiles and plenty of laughs”... Read More

Fifty years' experience combined with a touch of fatherly advice paid off for a Bay of Plenty avocado grower in wild spring weather conditions. Now 80, Doug... Read More

A tornado has ripped through the small Bay of Plenty community of Awakeri this afternoon, tearing roofs from homes and damaging several properties along State... Read More

The Bay of Plenty Steamers pulled off a dramatic second-half comeback to defeat defending NPC champions Wellington 33-26 on Saturday, sealing their place in... Read More