11:24am Wednesday 18 Dec, 2019
Te Tahuhu o Te Rangi, Ōpōtiki’s new Technology and Research Centre is closer to starting thanks to a grant from BayTrust’s Community Amenities... Read More
7:45am Saturday 14 Dec, 2019
The bodies recovered from Whakaari / White Island have been taken to Auckland for the post mortem and disaster victim identification process. Together... Read More
11:45am Tuesday 10 Dec, 2019
Users of TECT Park and motorists who travel through the area along State Highway 36 will now be able to use their cellphones – and call... Read More
6:50am Sunday 08 Dec, 2019
The workshop is thick with blokes and blokey things – buzzers, bench saws, mitre saws, band saws, scroll saws. But they’re not for Jean... Read More
8:00am Saturday 07 Dec, 2019
A Pukehina man captured images and video footage of Rocket Lab’s two-stage Electron rocket as it sped through the sky after launching from Mahia... Read More
9:45am Thursday 05 Dec, 2019
Students traveling on the Bay Hopper Buses next year are now able to see their route online. “Many routes have changed from 2019,... Read More
6:20pm Monday 02 Dec, 2019
Students at Papamoa Primary School have been immersed in world of science and technology. They have been using virtual reality to learn about science,... Read More
4:57pm Monday 02 Dec, 2019
Weekend sales have rolled over into Cyber Monday but new tax laws that came into force yesterday means overseas goods purchased online will be more expensive.... Read More
8:00am Saturday 30 Nov, 2019
Darrell Hellier, commonly known as Mr D, truly does put the word ‘care’ into his role of caretaker at Bethlehem School. He has gone above... Read More
7:00pm Friday 29 Nov, 2019
A pilot project involving a plug-in device to alert people about civil defence emergencies will be trialled in 300 homes around Coromandel. The indoor... Read More
6:50am Sunday 24 Nov, 2019
Thousands of people around the North Island were woken to a 5.3 magnitude earthquake in the Bay of Plenty on Sunday morning. GeoNet reports that the... Read More
3:45pm Saturday 23 Nov, 2019
Police are reminding the public that it is an offence to name a person on social media when a suppression order which prevents naming that person is... Read More
12:30pm Sunday 17 Nov, 2019
7pm update: There has been an updated time given for the Starlink train of satellites passing overhead tonight. The new time is just before 9.50pm. "There... Read More
7:00pm Friday 15 Nov, 2019
New Zealand Police has won a prestigious World Class Policing Award for its ‘more street than station approach’ Mobility programme, which... Read More
9:57am Thursday 07 Nov, 2019
Children are watching pornography to understand sex and that'a huge concern, Chief Censor David Shanks says. Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin... Read More