Update, 5.58pm: A shelter belt fire on Matakana Island has now been extinguished by Fire and Emergency NZ services. 'The fire is extinguished but they're... Read More

The largest producer of kiwifruit in New Zealand and Australia started its 2025 kiwifruit harvest on Monday with the RubyRed kiwifruit variety. Seeka Limited... Read More

Police say they will be present 'alongside council staff” at a tapu Rotorua lake tonight as work on a controversial pipeline resumes. It comes as protesters... Read More

A Bay of Plenty woman made a massive mushroom find during her regular walk. Julie Gallagher stumbled upon two mushrooms measuring 30cm-plus across the cap... Read More

Twenty heritage sheep were 'ripped to bits” by dogs in Mamaku and their heartbroken owner says the 'killing machines” could attack children next. In... Read More

Police have confirmed the group sighted on State Highway 4 around 8.30am, Sunday, February 16, who were believed to potentially be Tom Phillips and his children,... Read More

Hugh Jackson is back in the running for the FMG Young Farmer of the Year title after securing victory in the Waikato Bay of Plenty Regional Final. The 27-year-old... Read More

Dairy farmers are being warned about the dangers of their cows eating metal which can kill them - and some farmers are using magnets to detect the fragments. Metal... Read More

George Thompson will never forget Valentine's Day for all the wrong reasons. On February 14, 2020, the farmer wasn't meant to be working but one of his team... Read More

The first round of the 2025 Yamaha New Zealand Motocross Championship could not have gone much better for the Altherm JCR Yamaha team, with its trio of riders... Read More

Waikato pigeon fancier Ray Hooker's interest in his grandmother's and father's pigeons, budgies, canaries and cockatiels ended up with him being given the responsibility... Read More

A once thriving community hub in the Waikato, which fell into disrepair, has been re-born as a function centre. The former Hunga Hunga Hall is the centrepiece... Read More