A blessing to mark the realignment of the northern stream in Kopurererua Valley signifies an important milestone in the partnership between Ngāi Tamarāwaho,... Read More

Construction on the Takitimu North Link in Tauranga is progressing with crews breaking through land under the newly-built bridge at Wairoa Road. The new... Read More

The death of the 71-year-old on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing is being attributed to a medical event. Emergency services were called to the crossing on Tuesday,... Read More

A two-week 'porker invasion” by a family of pigs that spooked park picnickers and entered backyards in Tauranga has come to an end. Authorities have... Read More

The Government and four further companies are together committing an additional $18 million towards AgriZeroNZ to boost New Zealand's efforts to reduce agricultural... Read More

Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Safeguarding Our Stopbanks - SOS - project is now more than halfway through its four-year schedule, with completion... Read More

Update, 4.50pm: A rāhui has been placed on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. "It is with great sadness that Ngāti Hikairo ki Tongariro and Ngati Tūwharetoa... Read More

Helping out with community needs is what the not-for-profit organisation ‘Good Neighbour' is all about, from food rescue, teaching life skills to young... Read More

With elevated fire danger levels predicted in certain regions until the end of April, researchers at Scion are calling for greater public awareness about the... Read More

New Zealand insects, whose lives are often invisible to city-dwellers, are put under the microscope in a new, richly illustrated book.   Six-legged Ghosts:... Read More

Emergency services are responding to an incident at Mount Maunganui. Police were advised around 5.40pm that a paraglider has crashed on Mauao. A SunLive... Read More

Fire emergency services are responding to two fires in the Western Bay of Plenty. Fire and Emergency NZ shift manager Josh Pennefather says they are responding... Read More