Zespri, the world's largest kiwifruit marketer, has named Dame Lisa Carrington, New Zealand's most decorated Olympian, as its inaugural global brand ambassador. The... Read More

Gin made by a micro distillery in Thames has been named the world's best at this year's World Gin Awards in London. Coromandel Distilling Company, owned... Read More

A pedestrian has been hit by a vehicle in central Rotorua. A police spokeswoman said emergency services were called to Amohau St about 6am after a crash involving... Read More

Iconic Kiwi lolly the Jaffa has been discontinued and will disappear from shop shelves for good. Sweetmaker RJ's, who manufacture the orange chocolate... Read More

As truck driver Kelly Shearer turned the corner from Mount Maunganui's Hewletts Rd on to Tasman Quay, he felt a bump, which he thought was a pothole. As... Read More

Patients are being asked to wait in their cars outside medical centres, due to the sharp spike in winter illnesses. Medical clinics in the western Bay... Read More

A police officer made around 1700 checks of a person on the police database while off-duty for non-work-related reasons, claiming they believed doing... Read More

Parking in Mount Maunganui North is back on Tauranga City Council's agenda. It comes more than a year after the council put the brakes on controversial plans... Read More

Cocaine worth an estimated $58.2 million has been found at the Port of Tauranga in a shipping container from Jamaica. Customs officers based at the port seized... Read More

The owners of a dive company that discovered a car submerged in the Waikato River with a dead body in it have provided insight into the procedural steps... Read More

Fruit and vegetable growers in Bay of Plenty don't want to be hit with more regulations on their geothermal water use. Bay of Plenty Regional Council released... Read More

One person has been taken to Tauranga Hospital following a crash in Tauranga. Emergency services were called to reports a collision between a pedestrian and... Read More