A Whitianga boating club is nearly on the edge of falling off its bank into the sea following a high tide on Tuesday morning. The Mercury Bay Boating Club has... Read More

4pm update: Power has now been restored to nearly 1000 properties in Omokoroa following a powercut on Sunday morning. The power cut occurred at 11.01am. Earlier... Read More

The record number of insurance claims for land damage during 2022 are a reminder to homeowners to check their insurance cover and understand how to reduce the... Read More

Update, 4pm: Power has been restored to thousands of properties near Te Puke and Maketu following a vehicle striking a power pole on Sunday morning. The outage... Read More

Pāpāmoa lifeguards were dismayed to discover on Monday morning that their Pāpāmoa East tower has been broken into and vandalised. On arriving for lifesaving... Read More

Cracks in the ground through a Te Aroha maize crop have been posted to Facebook by Waikato Regional Council following the 5.1 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday... Read More

A 5.1M earthquake has struck the North Island at 5.39am. The strong earthquake has a depth of 6km and was located 5km south of Te Aroha. Within five minutes,... Read More

Firefighters have been busy responding to fires started by fireworks across New Zealand since about 10.30pm on New Year's Eve. Fire and Emergency's three communications... Read More

Thieves have been outsmarted by an eagle-eyed community member and Police who have recovered a large haul of stolen property in a Pāpāmoa reserve. 'Recently... Read More

Three people have been taken to Tauranga Hospital following smoke inhalation from a kitchen fire in Katikati in the early hours of Christmas Day. 'We were called... Read More

Plenty of Christmas gifts this year will likely need some charging juice, and Fire and Emergency New Zealand is pre-warning people to be cautious around lithium-ion... Read More

People living in cars and garages could have had warm new homes but 'dithering” from the council has prevented this from happening. In 2015, Tauranga City... Read More