Warning: Disturbing Content A child who died and a 79-year-old badly injured man who needed hospital surgery are among more than 100 people attacked by... Read More

Local body elections are under way and eight hopefuls are vying for the Western Bay of Plenty's top job. Local Democracy Reporting quizzed the mayoral candidates... Read More

Local body elections are under way and eight hopefuls are vying for the Western Bay of Plenty's top job. Local Democracy Reporting quizzed the mayoral candidates... Read More

Western Bay of Plenty District Council has welcomed news that the new four-lane expressway between Te Puna and Ōmokoroa has been progressed to the next stage. NZ... Read More

After fighting for 10 years to stop an eight-storey building being put at a strategic location at The Heads, Whakatāne, resident Linda Conning is devastated... Read More

Voting opened yesterday for the Western Bay of Plenty District Council elections, giving ratepayers a month to choose who will represent them in their community. This... Read More

Western Bay of Plenty District Council has welcomed news that the new four-lane expressway between Te Puna and Ōmokoroa has progressed to the next stage. On... Read More

This week, distinctive orange envelopes will begin arriving in mailboxes across New Zealand, holding voting papers for the local government elections. But what... Read More

No matter what language you speak, or where you were born - we are glad you are here! That's the message this Welcoming Week, which runs until September 14,... Read More

Work has been undertaken at the Hahei Beach Short Walk to remove 16 invasive conifers as the track reinstatement project clicks up a gear. The conifer removal... Read More

Former Western Bay of Plenty Mayor Garry Webber has criticised how the council's former chief executive - now a mayoral candidate - handled 'significant financial... Read More

Rotorua Lakes Council is pleading for residents to make "informed choices" before getting a dog, as it aims to put down fewer animals. While rehoming statistics... Read More