In true Search and Rescue fashion, a carabiner and rope took the place of a ribbon for cutting at the launch of the new Central Plateau Emergency Management... Read More

Coromandel state highways will get $21 million in Government funding as works continue in the region following the devastating effects of Cyclone Gabrielle. Transport... Read More

It was 65 years ago that the kiwifruit was born. Brought to New Zealand in the early 20th century, before 1959 it was known as the Chinese gooseberry. In... Read More

Police have arrested three people over foreign exchange scams, and warn that fraudsters are continuing to target the Chinese community. Police say they arrested... Read More

'Night owl” volunteers from Community Patrols of New Zealand (CPNZ) keep watch in the shadows as the eyes and ears of police. But Katikati patrollers... Read More

The arrival of an Uber-like ride-sharing bus service in Tauranga has been described as 'wonderful” and 'fantastic” by passengers, including... Read More

Some take off on their big OE for the first time in their twenties, some do it in their sixties. For Frankie, Noeline, Jean and Ruth it's now or never - and... Read More

A farm worker has died in a workplace incident in the Waikato. Police say they were told about the incident on a farm near Morrinsville just before... Read More

Two internationally acclaimed opera singers will be performing at the next concert of the Tauranga Opera Forum Trust on August 4. Chinese baritone Zhou Nan... Read More

There was a whiff of finals footy in the air at Nicholson Field on Saturday after Tauranga Boys' First XV defeated a strong, well-drilled Hastings Boys' side... Read More

Fifteen lucky Lotto players will be in for a treat after each winning $27,216 with Lotto Second Division in Saturday night's live Lotto draw. One lucky player... Read More

Some were laid to rest in unmarked paupers' graves. Some were cremated, their ashes scattered over the hospital rose garden. Others were wrapped in... Read More