Firefighters continue to battle a scrub fire that cut off carloads of day trippers in two isolated Coromandel bays yesterday on Saturday afternoon. Three... Read More

Lewis Hall isn't making waves; he's gliding right across them after recently taking up the exhilarating sport of wing foiling. 'I've always loved water sports,”... Read More

Two people are now helping investigators looking into reports of seabirds captured in fishing nets and drowned from a boat near Coromandel's Slipper Island. The... Read More

Three years ago, Ōpōtiki's Hori Shaw lay paralysed and alone for 13 hours after being bucked from his horse during a hunting trip, wondering if he'd ever be... Read More

This was one of the NZ Herald's most read stories in 2024. The number of 'ghost homes” is on the rise in Tauranga but the city still has... Read More

New Zealand Humanitarian organisation, Kiwi K.A.R.E (Kiwi Aid & Refugee Evacuation), is sending another 10 decommissioned Hato Hone St John Ambulances to Ukraine... Read More

Pharmac is widening access to a medicine called denosumab for people with osteoporosis. A higher dose of the medicine will also be funded for people with cancer... Read More

Work is about to start on a new bus stop facility in the Tauranga city centre. "The six new bus stop bays, on southern Durham St, will join other Tauranga... Read More

'It's beautiful.” A grown man is purring over a toy. 'For a start, it's not a toy. It's a model. Even says so on the box.” Mildly offended,... Read More

The new year has kicked off with several active worksites throughout the region. With good weather forecast for the next few weeks it's perfect timing for... Read More

Mount Main Beach is a great place for seasoned entertainers ‘London and Mousch' to practise their skills ahead of the 141st Tauranga A&P Lifestyle Show... Read More

It was the day I broke into the Bank of Wells. Took a jemmy, a screwdriver, to the jagged teeth of an almost impenetrable 1960s Post Office Savings Box. The... Read More