At the end of the month, it's Te Puke's turn to experience Sirens and Services. The local edition of events being run by Western Bay of Plenty Neighbourhood... Read More

Life's full of surprises - but none quite as sweet as the giant kūmara unearthed at Carmel Retirement Village in Ohauiti by Ted Schischka. 'I put the spade... Read More

New Zealand is deepening ties with Southeast Asia to boost security and prosperity in an increasingly unstable global climate, Foreign Minister Winston Peters... Read More

Oliver Puchner has become the first New Zealander to win an individual medal at the U23 canoe slalom world championships, claiming silver in Slovakia. The... Read More

Mark Kelvin Jefferson said the word 'guilty” through tears as he admitted causing the death of a friend in a hunting incident. Stuart Stobie, 72, from... Read More

Tauranga's Eliana Hulsebosch will spearhead a powerful Kiwi junior presence at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Pal Arinsal, Andorra, as New Zealand riders... Read More

The SPCA has raised concerns about people it says are abusing and emotionally blackmailing staff for not being able to rehome pets. According to the society,... Read More

Construction of the new Matekerepu roundabout near Ōpōtiki is continuing, with work advancing despite recent weather conditions. Located at the intersection... Read More

Burnouts, doughnuts, vandalism, fireworks, screeching tyres and loud exhausts - Mamaku residents say hoons are holding them to ransom. Fed-up residents in... Read More

Two home-schooled students cycled 755km off-road over 10 days to deliver a petition to Parliament calling for the inclusion of all students in sport. Amelia... Read More

Holidaymakers at a Coromandel hot spot have been urged to stay away from the beach after a deadly yellow-bellied sea snake washed up alive on the sand. The... Read More

One patient was taken to Tauranga Hospital in a critical condition following a crash on State Highway 29, lower Kaimai range, on Friday evening. The incident... Read More