Gales, snow, rain: More warnings likely as low bears down on NZ
A low sweeping in from the Tasman Sea is set to lash New Zealand with severe gales, heavy…
Jet ski fisherman lands 95.6kg tuna after shark bites off its tail
A fisherman spent 90 minutes battling a massive tuna from a jet ski off the Bay of Plenty…
Man jailed for a decade of sharing child sex abuse images
A Papamoa man has been jailed for possessing and sharing images depicting the sexual exploitation and abuse of children. Michael John Gray-Kippax,…
Video: ‘Constant stream of hoons’ plague Tauranga street
“Hoons” doing burnouts and skidding vehicles on water main covers or fast-food trays are damaging a Tauranga street,…
Retirement on the cards for Coromandel $4.5m Lotto winner
Retirement is on the cards for a man from the Coromandel Peninsula who won a $4.5 million Lotto…
New region overtakes Canterbury to become NZ’s top ranked economy
Bay of Plenty was the country’s best performing region at the start of the year, ending Canterbury’s run…
Stranger helps 86yo home from Whakatāne Hospital after same name mix-up
A Whakatāne resident says she is “so grateful” to a local legend with the same name as her…
NZ company turning kiwifruit waste into a leather alternative
A New Zealand startup transforming rejected kiwifruit into a plant-based leather alternative has entered talks with BMW, Rolls…
Prada-branded cocaine worth $35m seized in Tauranga
A shipment containing 100kg of cocaine, worth up to $35 million, was seized from a container in Tauranga.…
Frontline jobs to go in ‘significant’ Health NZ restructure, union says
A “significant restructure” announced by Health New Zealand for hospitals in the Central North Island would result in…
Tauranga GP changing bowel screening for younger Kiwis
A Tauranga-based GP has set up an at-home test to help screen younger New Zealanders for bowel cancer.…
Second memorial tree dies: Are vandals or natural causes at fault?
Family of Eastern Bay of Plenty community champion Jacqui Hughes have been heartbroken about the second death of…