A man has appeared in the Rotorua District Court charged with abducting a 3-year-old girl from a Rotorua early childhood centre for sex. John Tekuru, 19,... Read More

Health New Zealand and senior doctors are in mediation, before a strike planned for next week. Pay negotiations between the Association of Salaried Medical... Read More

Rain, shine or howling gales, runner Janet Baird is out training for her first time entering the iconic Mauao King & Queen of the Mountain event on Sunday, April... Read More

A person has died and another was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Owhata overnight. The collision occurred about 9:10pm at the corner of Te Ngae... Read More

A Pāpāmoa couple became $500,000 richer after an article about an unclaimed Lotto prize prompted them to check their stashed tickets. The winning ticket... Read More

Offal that appears to be from two cows has been dumped beside a lay-by at an Eastern Bay of Plenty beach. A resident using the cycle path that runs between... Read More

On the cusp of dawn, a large crowd gathered outside the Mount Maunganui cenotaph in Marine Parade for the 2025 Anzac dawn service. Warbirds buzz over the... Read More

'A bit of history” will close when the Tauranga RSA merges with Mount Maunganui RSA at the Mount site in February next year. Falling membership and... Read More

As most of us have been chowing down on chocolate and hot cross buns, Tauranga's Shannon Leigh has been adding hot sauce, chilli powder or flakes to his diet... Read More

'If I die, it'll be their fault because they will have stopped playing my kind of music,” said the feisty and funny 96-year-old. She's kind of joking,... Read More

Tauranga mural artist Sam Allen is set to leave his mark on Japan — literally — with a large-scale mural as part of an international arts residency... Read More

Alaric 'Whitty” Whitmore lifts his trouser leg to reveal a bandage that protects the skin damaged by radiation 80 years ago when he walked through the... Read More