A Mount Maunganui couple are upset they were fined $100 after council cameras caught them stopped partly on a Marine Parade cycle lane for 'about 20 seconds”... Read More

Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira. MetService is forecasting a partly cloudy day... Read More

If you - or your youngsters - would be keen to drop a line and fish for $12,000 worth of prizes at the Ōmokoroa Boat Club fishing competition, then listen up! Run... Read More

The National-led Government is asking for public submissions on whether to raise the speed limit of State Highway 2 from Te Puna to Katikati from 80km/h to 100km/h. It... Read More

Māori and Pasifika are overrepresented in drowning statistics across the motu, so a water polo competition at Baywave, Mount Maunganui, was born. 'We wanted... Read More

Work has finally begun at Abbeyfield Western Bay of Plenty's Katikati site, with excavation commencing last week. The committee is excited to see machinery... Read More

Flooding and power outages have been reported in Taupō this evening as heavy thunderstorms strike the central North Island. MetService earlier issued... Read More

New Zealand Sugar Company, trading as Chelsea Sugar, has been fined $149,500 for manufacturing, distributing and selling sugar products contaminated with lead,... Read More

It can be expensive to die in New Zealand. Many people don't realise there are other options than recruiting the services of funeral homes. A do-it-yourself... Read More

Wine is soon to become a big part of Austen Targett's life. The former Te Puke High School student heads off this month to Lincoln University to study Viticulture... Read More

One person, in a serious condition, has been airlifted to hospital following a crash on State Highway 25 near Thames. SH25, the Thames Coast Road, was closed... Read More

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) advises work begins Monday (10 February) to upgrade and install traffic lights at the intersection of State Highway 30... Read More