A man has been taken to hospital after being assaulted in Brookfield this evening. A police spokesperson says police were called to an assault in Aaron Place just... Read More

A shortage of Lead Maternity Carers in the Coromandel area has led Waikato DHB to urge pregnant women in the area to contact the Birthing Unit at Thames Hospital... Read More

A further four Tauranga youngsters have just secured places in a coveted national junior swim squad. Renee Carey, 11, Henry Scholes, 10, and siblings, Grace, 10,... Read More

Forty seconds of kayak racing tomorrow morning could have lingering ramifications for the rest of the year, as the New Zealand canoe sprint championships get underway... Read More

Four armed offenders stormed into a Huntly store and stole cigarettes and the shop's till. Detective Mike Kaukau says police are investigating the aggravated robbery... Read More

Roads are now free flowing after a logging truck rolled on the western roundabout in Bethlehem, causing traffic chaos earlier today. Police says a number of logs... Read More

An invasive pest, the Asian paddle crab (Charybdis Japonica) has been discovered in Tauranga Harbour. Regarded as an invasive pest that is bigger and more aggressive... Read More

Hamilton's Kayne Lamont, Takaka's Hamish Harwood, Mangakino's Maximus Purvis and Opunake's Taylar Rampton each set benchmarks when they dominated their respective... Read More

Bay of Plenty Rugby referee Jamie Bell and Referee Manager Pat Rae, along with Michael Winter (Waikato), Tipene Cottrell (Hawkes Bay) and Nick Hogan (Wellington)... Read More

Police are apologising after a operation in the Coromandel, allegedly targeting cannabis, went slightly awry when blue liquid was left staining sand at a popular... Read More

Bay of Plenty residents are being reminded about the potentially misleading nature of information available on social media, after a rumour triggered widespread... Read More

The leftovers of an ex-tropical cyclone are coming towards New Zealand - but not how you might think. The remnants of what was Cyclone Kelvin, which made landfall... Read More