The emergency response agency is preparing for power and communications outages in the event of an extreme solar storm. New Zealand's National Emergency... Read More

Shipwrecks and other potential threats to navigation off the Bay of Plenty coast are being captured in a hydrographic survey of the seabed. Among things detected... Read More

The Education Review Office (ERO) has panned the revised version of NCEA Level 1 that was introduced only this year. In a report published on Tuesday it called... Read More

ASB has closed its doors to many preapproval applications from mortgage advisers until next year. It comes as mortgage advisers complain that the time it... Read More

A twin baby died three days after birth and another newborn needed to have a lung removed after mistakes made by the same sonographer and radiologist... Read More

Tauranga City Council is taking legal advice as it considers the next steps for its marine precinct deal after a last-minute injunction halted the sale. The... Read More

More than $28,000 worth of food and funds have been donated to the Tauranga Community Foodbank two weeks into the Bay of Plenty Times Christmas Appeal. That... Read More

Human remains found in Tokoroa have been confirmed by police as missing Tokoroa man Shane Edwards. The police say 'unusual circumstances” surround... Read More

Emergency services are responding to a water rescue near Mount Maunganui. A spokesperson said police received a report of a person in the water requiring... Read More

Emergency services are responding to a water rescue near Mount Maunganui. 'Police received a report of a person in the water requiring assistance in Mount... Read More

The final week of spring is set to feel like summer for many places, a MetService meteorologist said on Monday. "Settled weather and warmer temperatures are... Read More

New additions to Pāpāmoa Hills Cultural Heritage Regional Park is bringing in a record number of visitors. Pāpāmoa Hills Cultural Heritage Regional Park... Read More