A previously unknown species of native jumping spider boasting incredible eyesight and rather modest genitalia has been discovered near Rotorua. Rotorua Canopy... Read More

A Tauranga woman who made a late-night run to Maccas was told by a worker to halve her order and 'ration it”. Reremai Cameron filmed her encounter... Read More

Tyler Cashmore, an above-knee amputee based in Tauranga, will walk 42 kilometres in one day. Despite his 'one-leggedness”, he has made it his mission... Read More

Upgrades of two of the Coromandel‘s most popular DOC sites begin next week on the Pinnacles Hut and nearby Summit Track. The Pinnacles Hut is an 80-bunk... Read More

Rotorua's parking service is investigating a transaction delay that led to drivers being charged about a month's worth of fees at one time. Rotorua Lakes... Read More

Ballance Agri-Nutrients management is set to meet workers' union officials and staff next week as consultation continues on the company's proposal to convert... Read More

Police can now release the name of the man who died following a crash in the Bay of Plenty at the beginning of the year. Paul Jukka Makela, 56, of Kawerau,... Read More

A sunny summer has paid dividends for a Waikato farmer. Malcolm Jones' milking shed at Te Poi, near Matamata, is entirely powered by solar panels. Running... Read More

When Hiraka Hiku, 19, and Ataleah Taratoa, 18, started Ringside Cafe, they did not like coffee. Now, they are passionate about it. 'We have been converted,”... Read More

Police and New Zealand Customs officers have seized more than 25kg worth of cocaine valued at $9 million during a series of raids. Customs and police were... Read More

Plans are in place for a protest outside Mercury Baypark this weekend as Tauranga hosts the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards National Gala dinner. The gala... Read More

Asthma New Zealand is marking the start of Asthma Awareness Week which runs from May 5 - 9, by rallying Kiwis to take asthma seriously and encouraging people... Read More