03:00pm Tue 25 Mar, 2025
Corrections has confirmed that hunger-striking prison inmate Dean Wickliffe has been transferred to Waikato Hospital. The parole board has also brought his... Read More
02:00pm Tue 25 Mar, 2025
Police are appealing for information following a fatal crash in Whakatāne. Police were called to Ōhope Rd about 4:55pm on Sunday after a crash between a... Read More
01:30pm Tue 25 Mar, 2025
Fresh explosive activity has been recorded at Whakaari/White Island with evidence of 'ballistic blocks” ejected more than half a kilometre from the active... Read More
01:00pm Tue 25 Mar, 2025
The proposed review of electorate boundaries for the 2026 election will significantly change the Bay of Plenty and Tauranga electorates. Tauranga is set to... Read More
11:45am Tue 25 Mar, 2025
A man who broke into the home of a man he met online grabbed a handful of his underpants before quickly jumping into a wardrobe to hide after he was interrupted... Read More
11:15am Tue 25 Mar, 2025
Tributes are flowing for a man who died on a hunting trip last week. Stuart Stobie, of Kawerau, died suddenly on Friday morning in Minginui, Bay of Plenty. Daughter... Read More
10:10am Tue 25 Mar, 2025
Six Bay of Plenty school teams are set to compete in this week's New Zealand School Surfing Festival at Maukatia-Māori Bay, in Muriwai, Auckland. Running... Read More
09:15am Tue 25 Mar, 2025
Ahead of Alone: Australia's third season premiering in New Zealand on March 27, Kiwi contestant Shay Williamson tells Mitchell Hageman what prompted him to swap... Read More
08:30am Tue 25 Mar, 2025
The stars are aligning for the Bay of Plenty kiwifruit industry. 'If we execute well, there is a solid, reliable, decade ahead,” said Andrew Dunstan,... Read More
08:00am Tue 25 Mar, 2025
Bay of Plenty's Brad Groombridge is back where he belongs, on top of the sport he had so dominated before an unfortunate injury derailed him. The Kawasaki... Read More
07:30am Tue 25 Mar, 2025
Western Bay of Plenty District Council is taking its next step in the Local Water Done Well reform journey, consulting with the community to explore the future... Read More
07:00am Tue 25 Mar, 2025
More than 900 thousand superannuitants and almost five thousand veterans are among the New Zealanders set to receive a significant financial boost from next... Read More