01:41pm Wed 28 Jan, 2026
The cordoned area around the Mount Maunganui landslip site has been reduced to allow businesses to open on the Marine Parade side of the Mount. Safety of... Read More
07:47am Tue 27 Jan, 2026
The recovery operation at the Mt Maunganui landslide continues with police warning it could take days or even weeks. Recovery teams are using specialist equipment... Read More
04:00pm Mon 26 Jan, 2026
A section of Yatton Park in Tauranga is closed after a large tree, estimated at 60m tall, came down on Sunday afternoon. A large section of the top end of... Read More
08:00am Mon 26 Jan, 2026
All staff working at the Mount Hot Pools and neighbouring campground were uninjured when a deadly slip came crashing down into the facilities on Thursday morning,... Read More
03:30pm Sun 25 Jan, 2026
A community care centre has been set up in central Mount Maunganui to support those grieving after the fatal landslides in the Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga... Read More
08:00am Sun 25 Jan, 2026
The impacts of this week's severe weather are still being felt across the Western Bay of Plenty and Coromandel. Flooding and landslides have caused extensive... Read More
01:12pm Fri 23 Jan, 2026
A Tauranga homeowner was 'shocked” when he got an early morning visit from his neighbour saying his retaining wall was on their roof. Philip Raath,... Read More
06:05pm Mon 19 Jan, 2026
A developer expects Kāinga Ora will lose money selling the 95-hectare site in Tauranga it bought for $70.4 million in 2021. Kāinga Ora is making arrangements... Read More
07:05am Mon 19 Jan, 2026
For Tauranga musician Anthony Coulter, the Soak'n Sounds live music series isn't just another gig to play. It's one of his favourite events to be part of,... Read More
06:00am Fri 16 Jan, 2026
Tauranga City Council says it can't afford to install public water rescue equipment along the entire Tauranga coastline despite a Surf Life Saving New Zealand... Read More
10:00am Thu 15 Jan, 2026
Five buildings in Whakatāne's town centre are expected to be demolished to make way for a riverfront revitalisation project. Whakatāne District Council... Read More
06:00pm Wed 14 Jan, 2026
Kawerau scorched its own previous temperature records with a sizzling 35.6C air temperature on December 7. It was the hottest official recorded temperature... Read More