Local elections 2025: Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell focuses on unity, debt and museum for second term
She wanted to be an “inclusive leader” and setting priorities as a new council would be an important…
How one Amazon glitch brought huge parts of the internet to a halt – including TVNZ+ and Neon
Amazon Web Services (AWS) said the outage was due to underlying issue with the aDomain Name System (DNS)…
Accidental drowning: Coroner ‘troubled’ that bystanders didn’t pull 4-yr-old Nia Lohchab from Tauranga Memorial Park fountain and try to revive her
Bates reinforced water safety messaging ahead of summer, saying a child can “slip below the surface in a…
Amazon, Snapchat and Ring ‘recovering’ after AWS went down — follow latest
People are being warned to be wary of potential scams as hackers could be exploiting vulnerabilities caused by…
Moeaia Tuai slavery and rape trial begins in Auckland High Court
While Tuai did help both of the siblings get jobs, it wasn’t what they were expecting, he said.…
Health and Disability Commissioner: Girl given Boostrix jab at school against mother’s wishes
The names of the family and school have been redacted from the HDC report, released today. The HDC…
World’s largest blueberry variety, Eterna, to be grown in Kerikeri and Waikato
Tallon described the Eterna berry that made it into the Guinness Book of World Records as a good,…
Government to deliver 300 more social homes in Tauranga, Te Puke and Rotorua
A ministry spokesperson said social housing funding was based on an agreed cost per place and varied across…
Weather: Heavy rain watch and gales up to 130km/h for central North Island
MetService said the heaviest rain through Tuesday will drench the western side of the Southern Alps, which will…
Hawke’s Bay mega-strike to see 5500 teachers and health workers march in Napier
NZEI The NZ Education Institute’s communications adviser, Kirsten McDougall, said 2000 Hawke’s Bay primary and early-childhood teachers, principals,…
Author Rachel Weston finds joy and biodiversity in chaos gardening
While writing it, she realised she wasn’t a superwoman who could maintain a picture-perfect garden, manage a busy…
Balcony collapses at apartment near UC campus, 10 injured
Ten people were injured, including one critically, after a balcony fell from a Corryville apartment building late on…