Third-generation Karāpiro farmer Grant Dixon has more than three decades of farming in management roles under his belt. Grant and his wife Sue currently run... Read More

Dozens of firefighters and five helicopters are at Tongariro National Park this morning to tackle a large vegetation blaze. Mild conditions overnight helped... Read More

Spectators at the National Summer Games this week might be seeing double with two sets of Tauranga twins competing at the Special Olympics New Zealand event... Read More

Visitors will soon be able to enjoy a walk to one of Coromandel's most picturesque beaches as construction of the track to Waimata Gemstone Bay this week. The... Read More

Gill Mannington came from Britain to New Zealand in 2012 for a farm working holiday. The sheep and beef farmer certainly wasn't originally planning on living... Read More

Warning: This story includes details of the sexual abuse of a child and may be distressing. A young man who was trusted to be among his young cousins... Read More

Another day, another record. Sam Ruthe is making bettering long-standing benchmarks something of a habit, writing his name into the record books for the... Read More

Cocaine with a street value of nearly $16 million has been seized from a container at the Port of Tauranga. Customs officers discovered 45 kilograms of the... Read More

Five helicopters and multiple crews are working to extinguish a large vegetation fire near Tongariro National Park. Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews were... Read More

The weekend's scorching temperatures are expected to settle this coming week. Tauranga was expected to reach 26C today, compared to the 31C recorded on Sunday. Rotorua... Read More

Kiwifruit and avocado growers using bees for pollination should be on the lookout for a predatory insect pest. Yellow-legged hornets, which feed on bees, were... Read More

Helen Clark‘s father, Frederick George Clark, has died age 103. In a statement shared to Facebook, the former Prime Minister announced George died at... Read More