Rising rates and increased council spending proved a hot topic at a public meeting in Whakatāne - but various unproven conspiracy theories also slipped... Read More

Rain is set to dampen outdoor plans for Labour Weekend as a plume of tropical moisture strikes the country beginning today. Flooding is possible in the... Read More

The founding father of American-style barbecue in New Zealand, Mike Jefferies, will visit the Pensacola EggFest in Florida on November 10. He will cook for... Read More

Throttles will be turned to the max when the 2024 New Zealand ATV (All Terrain Vehicle) Motocross Championships competitors launch out of the starting gates... Read More

Thames-Coromandel District Council (TCDC) has released its flood map of Whangamatā, showing which areas were likely to be inundated at different levels of rainfall. A... Read More

In what is being dubbed as a significant step in addressing Tauranga's housing shortage, Tauranga City Council has reached an agreement with Venture Developments... Read More

A dramatic tie in the Classic Builders Division 1 and 2 T20 Championship, between Hawks 1 and Pāpāmoa, wrote the script for Saturday's Western Bay of Plenty... Read More

Three people have been injured, one critically, in a crash near Rotorua. A police spokesman said they were called to a single-vehicle crash where a car... Read More

The party after the Bay of Plenty Steamers' historic NPC semifinal win continued in downtown Tauranga on Saturday, bar and restaurant owners say. Some... Read More

It always takes a special kind of athlete to win the Husqvarna Hard Adventure Enduro, so it's just as well that so many special riders have entered again for... Read More

A large fire spreading through important wetlands in northern Waikato has burned through 477 hectares of scrub and bog and firefighters warn it will take another... Read More

A major police investigation targeting organised crime prevented a planned shooting at a gang tangi and the attempted murder of a rival gang member, police... Read More