Thunderstorm watches and heavy rain warnings: Which North Island regions are affected today
🟨 ⛈️Severe thunderstorm Watches are in force for Northland, Auckland, Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Waikato, Waitomo,…
New Year 2026 Honours: Tom Roa made companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
“Noise is not the same as progress.” Roa’s lifetime of service to the Māori language and education has…
Heavy rain warning for parts of Hawke’s Bay issued, police plead for driver caution
It took less than an hour for the first fatality of the New Year, between Te Aroha and…
New Year 2026 Honours: Tom Roa made companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
“Noise is not the same as progress.” Roa’s lifetime of service to the Māori language and education has…
Mayor makes it her mission for Rotorua to have a hydroslide again
“I really want a hydroslide!” she exclaimed at the end of a mayoral candidate forum in August. Tapsell…
Why the major sports events coming in 2026 should motivate your New Year’s resolutions
This is an editorial from KCRA 3NM 58. When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, one of the…
Rotorua author Zoe Rankin reflects on parallels between Tom Phillips case and debut novel The Vanishing Place
Told through the eyes of the eldest daughter, the book captures a childhood shaped by life in the…
Rotorua Christmas Day Community Lunch: Doors open to hundreds
The lunch offered a chance to step outside that experience. It gave people something else to focus on,…
NZ Church leaders’ Christmas message: Exploring the profound identity of Jesus
In other words, there was something more to this Jesus than there was to the typical rabbi. Everyone…
Rāhui in place after death on beach north of Napier
Hawkes Bay Today 23 Dec, 2025 01:04 AMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a…
Stone Roses bassist Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield cause of death confirmed, funeral to take place Monday
Mounfield’s death was announced via social media by his brother Greg Mounfield. “It is with the heaviest of…
Third homicide in three days: Police probe Tauranga death and seek information
A Tauranga property remains corned off on Fraser St as a homicide investigation is underway. Photo / Samantha…