Life is about to change for Tauranga 11-month-old Harry Ward, after receiving a grant from the Mazda Foundation to purchase an Airvo Humidification... Read More

The Waikato/Bay of Plenty Cancer Society is asking people to dig deep to help Kiwis facing cancer when they donate on Daffodil Day, Friday 30 August. As... Read More

A public health academic has told the Health Select Committee plans to fine parents for smoking in a car with children will be a waste of time and won’t... Read More

More than 100 new cases of the measles have been confirmed in the past week, according to new figures from the Institute of Environmental Science and... Read More

A new, in-depth snapshot of packaged food sold in New Zealand supermarkets reveals most of it is unhealthy, with nearly 70 per cent classified as ultra-processed. Authors... Read More

One person has been stabbed following a fight in Tauranga overnight. Emergency services were called to the disorder on Henderson Crescent at 9.15pm. A... Read More

The Government has announced additional measures to prevent and reduce homelessness focused on ensuring at-risk individuals and whanau have access to... Read More

Next Saturday, Mount Maunganui will be the location for a popular running festival, requiring some lane closures along the seaside course.   Hundreds... Read More

Jessie Russell gave birth to her daughter in 2005, and 14 years later, she says it's still like she is caring for a newborn. Her daughter Maija... Read More

Māori and Pasifika children made up two thirds of children under two hospitalised with a respiratory infection, according to a new study. A research... Read More

“Reports of yet another full public hospital struggling to cope with the winter influx of patients is more evidence of a public health system under... Read More

  Steampunk Tauranga are going blue for the boys this September.   The group are making prostate cancer awareness month their own by calling... Read More

Every 18 minutes in New Zealand, someone needs blood. For some, it’s the difference between life and death. Sir Graham Henry is teaming up with... Read More

1.08pm update: A severe thunderstorm watch remains in place for much of the upper North Island on Sunday afternoon. The MetService has reported that... Read More

Tauranga-based Waste Watchers Network is applauding the Government for advancing the plan for a product stewardship scheme to deal with environmentally... Read More