Like building anything, a house, a fence, a car or a boat, considerable thought is given to the materials used for the purpose of the build. It is one of the first... Read More

MetService is forecasting wet and windy weather across northern and central New Zealand this week as a deep low-pressure system and associated fronts move across... Read More

Surface flooding is being reported in low lying coastal areas of the Bay of Plenty as a storm moves in over the region. High tides, low air pressure and rain... Read More

Wanting a beautiful backyard and to do her bit for the environment too, Papamoa gardener and artist Jenny Coker has spent the past two years creating a garden... Read More

Curate Church has made the decision to give a significant piece of property to a Tauranga hapū as part of righting historical wrongs. The land and building at... Read More

The Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield is giving a live update on the current Omicron response in New Zealand. He is joined by Chief Science Advisor... Read More

Rotorua Lakes Council flew a drone over an urban reserve to find rough sleepers, and found two. The drone's use was revealed in an operational report for January,... Read More

The Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield are leading a briefing this afternoon to provide updates on the response to the Omicron outbreak. Dr Bloomfield... Read More

The government is pushing ahead with plans to merge RNZ and TVNZ to create a new public media entity. It is understood the two companies will be dis-established... Read More

As a new law to enable the New Zealand Government to impose sanctions over the war in Ukraine is put in place, a peace flotilla is sailing north to make sure the... Read More

They say the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, but one Rotorua pensioner just wants the council to mow her berm. However, the council says the... Read More

The Ministry of Health is reporting 23,894 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand. Of these, 1691 new cases are in Bay of Plenty and 660 in Lakes. There... Read More