Huge fines levied by Tauranga City Council against vehicles on city beaches may be dropped to make the bylaw more likely to be enforced. At the moment the police... Read More

On Tuesday night the MetOcean Solutions wave buoy moored in the Southern Ocean just south of New Zealand recorded a massive 23.8 m wave. 'This is a very exciting... Read More

Home owners and residents caught up in the Bella Vista debacle received small comfort upon learning the terms of reference under which recently retired High court... Read More

There were a lot of smiles and laughter at the Mount Maunganui Community Garden birthday party. Celebrating five years since its opening, members of the community... Read More

Multiple agencies and organisations have been involved in the Rotorua Civil Defence emergency response, which is currently transitioning to recovery mode, to help... Read More

An international team of scientists with several New Zealand participants will drill into a hydrothermally active submarine volcano northeast of White Island. The... Read More

Fish & Game staff say most hunters encountered in a large-scale ranging operation were ‘more than happy' with their start to the new game bird season, which... Read More

The country's largest kiwi hatchery is celebrating an ‘exceptional' hatching season including an unpresented hatch success rate. As the 2017/18 season ends,... Read More

Countdown plans to phase out single-use plastic bags at 10 of it supermarkets from May 21. The stores will no longer offer plastic bags at the checkout and customers... Read More

The state of emergency in Ngongotaha near Rotorua has been lifted, the council says. It finished this evening at 5.35. The declaration was made last Sunday after... Read More

Eastern Bay of Plenty residents will now have a resource to look back on, with the distribution of a report detailing the learnings of the district's recovery from... Read More

They say the early bird gets the worm; but in our household when the first weekend in May rolls around, we worm out of bed at the crack of dawn and we are the ones... Read More