While the weather forecast is for a mainly fine day for the Bay of Plenty, the MetService has issued a severe weather watch for other parts of the country.... Read More

After the success of Parent to Parent’s inaugural first SafeSquares initiative this March, Parent to Parent and Bunnings are partnering again to... Read More

Land used by the New Zealand Defence Force to provide valuable support to ships during the Second World War has been vested back to Ngāti Rangi, a central... Read More

The MetService report that a weak ridge is forecast to move east over New Zealand on Tuesday.  An active cold front, preceded by strong moist... Read More

An old cowshed has been turned into luxury accommodation that incorporates elements of the original building. The Cowshed in Waikino in the Karangahake... Read More

For Rachel and BJ Ratana, their three children and dog ‘Old Boy’, their journey to get into their Classic Builders home was so good, it was... Read More

  The continues shortage of quality real estate listings, coupled with record low mortgage interest rates, have combined to add some zing to the... Read More

During the final week of October and into the first few days of November, a building area of high pressure over the Tasman Sea has dominated New Zealand’s... Read More

The newly-elected Mayor of Tauranga, Tenby Powell is already making strides to repair the Mauao base track. Tenby, Cr Steve Morris, Cr Dawn Kiddie... Read More

Kia ora and welcome to a sunny Sunday. Expect a fine day becoming warmer, with southwest breezes sea breezes. It’s a one-layer-clothing day,... Read More

A power cut to Mount Maunganui on Friday night meant that many bar and restaurant patrons were faced with a late night dinner in the dark. The power... Read More

It’s been a bit noisier than usual at the Pukerimu Cemetery in Paeroa over the last few weeks. Following a karakia performed by Rawiri Kauae... Read More

On a sunny Thursday morning, more than 20 workers from a Whitianga bar were told they had lost their jobs. Amid the shock there were tears, hugs, and... Read More

“Mother Nature is my girl, and these are my babies.” Dean Morman, a 50-something-year-old horticulture landscape designer musing on his... Read More

“Unsettled conditions dominated the weather over Aotearoa this past week,” says MetService meteorologist Andy Best, “but the week ahead... Read More