Cash-strapped shoppers are giving up on buying fresh fruit, vegetables and meat, while parents struggle to afford healthy food to fill kindergarten and school... Read More

A forum designed to aid the 'significant infrastructure deficit” the Bay of Plenty is facing is being launched in Tauranga today. Officially named the Western... Read More

A new cost-effective method of strengthening earthquake-prone buildings may be on the horizon. Research funded by Toka Tū Ake EQC is demonstrating that wrapping... Read More

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa and Sustainable Otakiri have been granted leave by the Supreme Court of New Zealand to continue their long-running legal opposition to... Read More

The tougher economic climate is continuing to dampen the housing market, with annual prices falling further. The Real Estate Institute's house price index for... Read More

Tauranga's Urban Task Force have presented a report which raises concerns with changes to the city council's Infrastructure Development Code highlighting the adverse... Read More

The potential recession could be deeper and more prolonged than previously thought, with the economy forecast to contract at levels last seen during the global... Read More

Food prices have had their their biggest annual increase in more than 30 years, driven by the cost of grocery items. Prices were 12.1 per cent higher in March... Read More

This winter the Trustpower brand will transition to Mercury. In a statement released today, Mercury says the merger will bring the best of both brands together... Read More

Good morning and welcome to Sunday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira. MetService is forecasting cloudy periods with a few... Read More

An apprentice builder who won the Tauranga regional heat of the New Zealand Certified Builders Apprentice Challenge annual Apprentice Challenge is encouraging... Read More

Nearly half a million solar panels across two Waikato solar farm projects that could reduce over 200 million kilograms of carbon pollution each year have been... Read More