Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira. MetService is forecasting a fine day with southwesterly... Read More

Alexandria Gray, a checkout operator from PAK'nSAVE Cameron Road took home the top score in the Tauranga heat of the Foodstuffs North Island Checker of the... Read More

A shopper buying six of the most-purchased fruit and vegetables in Countdown this week would save about $3 if there were no GST on those items. National deputy... Read More

Coromandel has seen the biggest drop in visitor spending of any tourism region, electronic card transactions down 20 per cent on last year. The government... Read More

This week's storm blast has been perfectly timed to top up Mt Ruapehu's snow base ahead of the weekend with Tūroa ski field's upper slopes pushing two metres.... Read More

Taheke Geothermal Project in the Bay of Plenty has reached a "major milestone" after the Minister for the Environment accepted the project's resource consent... Read More

She's loved every moment of it. Tauranga's angel of protection is not ready to retire, but is passing her shield over to someone who metes out the same commitment... Read More

A Rotorua couple are celebrating a 'life-changing” moment after winning $500,000 in Lotto First Division. The couple, who wish to remain anonymous,... Read More

Trade Me's Rental Price Index for May shows New Zealand's median weekly rental prices claim another record high for 2023. Three months after reaching $600... Read More

One builder took three of the top awards in the 2023 Bay of Plenty and Central Plateau Registered Master Builders House of the Year competition this weekend,... Read More

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa says its 35,000 or so members employed by Te Whatu Ora will start voting today on... Read More

Has Tauranga really become a 'ghost town”? A sightseeing video by a visitor went viral this week for all the wrong reasons, after highlighting a city... Read More