Bay of Plenty residents - along with those nationwide - are being asked to get behind LegaSea in taking its campaign to protect recreational access to crayfish and... Read More

Boaties in the Coromandel are being advised not to leave it to the last minute and secure their boats ahead of Tropical Cyclone Lusi. The Thames-Coromandel District... Read More

Tauranga Bridge Marina's lengthy battle to develop a four metre high, 245 metre long breakwater structure amid opposition from the Port of Tauranga and the NZ Transport... Read More

Tauranga man Peter Blair is today in Picton organising an aerial search for his missing brother Kerry. William Kerry Blair, 55, and his nine-metre aluminium hulled... Read More

UPDATED: 5.20pm. The Rena bridge section has arrived in harbour on the RMG1000 barge. The first section of the Rena's sunken stern was towed in, more than two years... Read More

While politicians and iwi are pushing for full removal of the Rena, a Mount Maunganui club is pressing on with supporting its vision of retaining the wreck as a... Read More

The Kaituna Jet will likely be allowed to continue operations on the upper Kaituna River if the regional council supports a recommendation from its hearings committee. The... Read More

An unconscious man has been pulled from Lake Taupo following a mayday call from a boat this afternoon. Police says a small group of friends were on the boat when... Read More

Heavy rain and high winds are expected in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty this weekend as a tropical cyclone Lusi passes over the North Island. Current forecasts... Read More

Thanks to his sponsors, Don Chapman is in the lead after the first day of the 600 kilometre 2014 Yamaha Melanoma Foundation Ski-nZ challenge was complete. The... Read More

The completion of electronic navigational charts for the south-west Pacific is being welcomed by Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson and Pacific Island... Read More

Three coastguard boats from Tauranga and Maketu and more than a dozen personnel spent three hours searching the sea after a party of three fishermen failed to return... Read More