02:20pm Mon 18 Apr, 2022
Pop along to Tauranga Hospital and you'll find a growing carpet of bright red poppies blooming in front of a turn-of-the-century restored villa in the hospital... Read More
01:20pm Mon 18 Apr, 2022
The Ministry of Health is reporting 6,242 new community cases of Covid-19, 553 hospitalisations and 11 deaths. There are 23 people in ICU today. Of the 6,242... Read More
01:20pm Sun 17 Apr, 2022
The Ministry of Health is reporting 5,933 new community cases of Covid-19, 537 hospitalisations and 10 deaths. There are 20 people in ICU today with Covid-19. The... Read More
05:00pm Sat 16 Apr, 2022
Health warnings issued for Okawa Bay and Lake Rotoiti in December have now been lifted by the local Medical Officer of Health. Visual observations and satellite... Read More
01:15pm Sat 16 Apr, 2022
The Ministry of Health is reporting 13,636 new community cases of Covid-19. This is made up of 7,763 on Friday and 5,748 on Saturday. It has been two days since... Read More
12:30pm Sat 16 Apr, 2022
The Omicron outbreak of Covid-19 cases has peaked in the Cook Islands, experts say. Prime Minister Mark Brown made the announcement on Good Friday. In his... Read More
07:00am Sat 16 Apr, 2022
To protect vulnerable patients and staff, local hospitals are continuing to screen people for Covid-19 and require the use of masks under the orange traffic-light... Read More
04:00pm Fri 15 Apr, 2022
A group of Tauranga men are joining forces to tour 24 lighthouses throughout New Zealand to raise money and awareness for men's mental health organisations... Read More
05:00pm Thu 14 Apr, 2022
Violence against hospital workers is a widespread problem, but there's been little effort to address it, a nurses' union says. A nurse from Auckland's... Read More
05:00pm Tue 12 Apr, 2022
Much-loved food personality Annabelle White is encouraging people in Bay of Plenty to host a Pink Ribbon Breakfast to support Kiwi women affected by breast cancer. Pink... Read More
02:53pm Tue 12 Apr, 2022
Ferrero is extending its recall of Kinder chocolate products due to possible contamination with salmonella bacteria. Affected products are part of a global recall... Read More
08:30am Mon 11 Apr, 2022
Plunket will cut its parenting programmes because it cannot afford to keep running them. The parenting education classes for newborn to five years old have been... Read More