One year and nine surgeries on from surviving a fatal crash, speedway legend and truck driver Graeme 'Skinny” Colson is back on his feet and behind the... Read More

Early childhood centres in the government's free lunch scheme say it is reaching children who live in poverty. Despite initial revolts against vegetables,... Read More

Immigration New Zealand has received nearly 300 offshore visa applications from Israeli, Palestinian and Iranian nationals since 1 June 2025. It follows the... Read More

Contempt over the cost-of-living crunch, vilification of the media from an unlikely source, and bickering about burglaries. That's all in the last couple... Read More

Earlier this week semaglutide drugs Ozempic and Wegovy were made available for prescription in New Zealand. Semaglutide originally arrived on the market in... Read More

A Tauranga man's dedication to providing meat to the community has led to him being named Volunteer of the Year at the 2025 Volunteer Star Awards. The announcement... Read More

Three Tauranga teams and one from Rotorua are preparing to go head-to-head in the Baywide Premier semifinals after dominating wins at the weekend. Whakarewarewa... Read More

New Zealand's downhill mountain bike riders produced another beacon performance across all finals at the latest round of the UCI Whoop MTB World Series in La... Read More

A woman with paranoid schizophrenia and breast cancer is believed to have been exploited by people who regularly visit her social housing flat and cause... Read More

Champion Tauranga-born boxer Cherneka Johnson is set to make history on a world stage, live on Netflix. The World Boxing Association (WBA) World Bantamweight... Read More

A Bay of Plenty mum says her world was flipped upside down when her teenage son was dealt a shock diagnosis of leukaemia. Described by his family as 'kind... Read More

After a couple of tough seasons, the avocado industry is predicting better times ahead. Picking began last month and NZ Avocado CEO Brad Siebert expects exports... Read More