Defending champions the Northern Group Tauranga Whai will open the 2026 Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa season later this year. The fixture, against the BNZ Northern... Read More

Hauraki District Council has delayed a decision on an unbudgeted $285,000 Waihī swimming pool repair bill, with Mayor Toby Adams calling for 'tough conversations”... Read More

One of the 'strongest” El Nino events on record could be heading New Zealand's way, bringing a hotter, windier and drier spring for the Bay of Plenty. Forecasters... Read More

Jess Handley admits that when sailing's 29er World Championships in Germany began, featuring in the medals was an unlikely prospect. One of the world's... Read More

A $3 million grant will fund geothermal exploration in Mount Maunganui and Te Puke as part of the Government's strategy to double geothermal energy use by... Read More

Hauraki residents will lose their recycling bins if they breach new rules in a programme aiming to lower contamination rates of collected recyclables. Contamination... Read More

Motorists using Tauranga's state highway network are being warned to expect overnight road closures, detours and ongoing lane restrictions later this month. Two... Read More

A Bay of Plenty rūnanga boss is optimistic locals will benefit from an industrial bioenergy hub proposed in one of New Zealand's largest plantation forestry... Read More

It was a tense day at Tauranga Hospital on Friday as medical registrars faced the prospect of more than a quarter of their staff being away over the Matariki... Read More

Bay of Plenty residents can expect a warmer start to the week after a bitterly cold weekend. In its latest weather update, the MetService said rain was likely... Read More

Murupara-born boxer Dane Edge will look to continue his giant-killing run when he steps into the BX-9 Welterweight Championship Tournament semi-finals in Auckland... Read More

Waiotahi Contractors operations coordinator for quarries Nicole Pierce is surprised to be named the MinEx Kristy Christensen Memorial Award winner at the 2026... Read More