Rotorua farmers Carlos and Bernice Delos Santos, runners up in the 2017 New Zealand Share Farmers of the Year Award, demonstrate the value of new immigrants to... Read More

Ian Kinvig counts himself very, very lucky. The flood waters that so severely damaged Edgecumbe just down the road and flooded neighbouring farms in April, didn't... Read More

John and Carol Harold have taken to the walls of their home with saws and Stanley knives to cut away sodden lining and carted off truckloads of damaged goods after... Read More

The Edgecumbe flood was a very big event - well over the capacity of the flood schemes, says Bay of Plenty Regional Council's general manager, integrated catchments,... Read More

Severe Cyclone Donna has just spiked at Category 5 with winds sustained at 215km/h and gusting 260km/h, making Donna the strongest ever May cyclone recorded in... Read More

Bark has been scattered on the road following a nose-to-tail crash near the Bridge Marina in Tauranga. One lane is reportedly blocked for traffic travelling from... Read More

With a rising number of vulnerable road users being killed in crashes, police are encouraging all drivers to slow down and be mindful of other road users, as UN... Read More

A hammer has been used to rob a Tauranga dairy of money and cigarettes in the weekend. Two men, one carrying a hammer, robbed the Carlisle Street Dairy on Sunday. They... Read More

Severe Tropical Cyclone Donna has been upgraded back to a Category 4 storm and is now the most intense it's been, with air pressure falling to 948hPa, according... Read More

The cruise industry's largest ships are returning to Australasia for the 2018/19 summer cruise season with Royal Caribbean's three megaliners. Ovation of the Seas,... Read More

The calm, clear conditions seen in the weekend have been driven by high pressure sitting over New Zealand, which is slow to move off again. A low pressure system... Read More

You may think you saw the worst of ex-cyclone Debbie and Cook's effects, but a recent native bush discovery has revealed the full force of Mother Nature in the... Read More