A chance conversation on holiday has led to a new conservation partnership between Waihī Beach and Rarotonga with automated rat traps now operating more than... Read More

The increasingly popular orienteering event at the Zespri AIMS Games, now in its third year, began on Monday at Tauranga Racecourse in Greerton. Tauranga... Read More

Zespri AIMS Games athletes made a record-breaking run at Waipuna Park in Tauranga's Welcome Bay on Sunday, with five of the six best times equalled or bettered. That... Read More

Smoke and flames lit up McLaren Falls Rd this morning as firefighters responded to a vehicle and caravan fire near the State Highway 29 intersection. Fire... Read More

A Tauranga roundabout will get safety improvements after nearly three dozen crashes in six years. But a resident who has had to fix his fence four times... Read More

Police are making inquiries to locate a vehicle and its driver after it failed to stop in Te Puke on Monday evening. Police said the vehicle fled from police... Read More

Devon Intermediate's hip hop crew brought New Plymouth energy to the 2026 Zespri AIMS Games stage with a routine mixing pūkana, cheerleading flair and hip hop... Read More

Athole Herbert is 90, but you wouldn't know it from his tennis schedule. He still takes to the local tennis courts four days a week - and has for decades. Herbert... Read More

Home values have edged lower across the Bay of Plenty over the past three months, but Tauranga remains one of the more resilient housing markets in the North... Read More

Despite the cost of growing a maize silage crop rising about 30% in the past four years, growers are told they should not be tempted to cut corners, which could... Read More

Matamata boxer Sonny Morini is no longer heading to Australia to compete for the vacant IBF Pan Pacific welterweight title. Morini, 20, was supposed to... Read More

Katikati Toy Library is seeking volunteers to join its committee to keep the facility running smoothly. The committee runs the library behind the scenes —... Read More