01:00pm Thu 04 Jan, 2024
As luck would have it, Claire Bett was a sober driver at a New Year's Eve party. She noticed a small dog mixing with the partygoers which prompted her to check... Read More
07:00am Thu 04 Jan, 2024
Ask Amber Carpenter about dairy farming and you'll hear the passion in her voice as she answers. The South Auckland dairy farmer and Dairy Environment Leaders... Read More
08:00pm Mon 01 Jan, 2024
Police are praising preparation and teamwork in the successful rescue of a teenager on Friday. The teenager was wearing a lifejacket and carrying a Personal... Read More
07:00am Sun 31 Dec, 2023
Hotspots continue continue to burn at the Matakana Island fire, but Fire and Emergency says its response has moved to a monitoring phase. The fire, which... Read More
06:50am Sun 31 Dec, 2023
Police can now name the person who died following a quad bike incident in Marokopa, Waikato West on December 27. "She was 39-year-old Louise Quinn of Hamilton,"... Read More
03:00pm Fri 29 Dec, 2023
Ask Amber Carpenter about dairy farming and you'll hear the passion in her voice as she answers. The South Auckland dairy farmer and Dairy Environment Leaders... Read More
07:30am Thu 28 Dec, 2023
The number of kingfishers (kōtare), fantails (pīwakawaka) and other native birds are increasing on Mark and Devon Slee's farm, thanks to extensive planting... Read More
08:00pm Mon 25 Dec, 2023
Fire and Emergency's specialist drone crew will be working on Matakana Island overnight. They will be using thermal imaging to identify hotspots around the... Read More
02:00pm Mon 25 Dec, 2023
Firefighting is continuing on Matakana Island, where a vegetation fire has been burning in scrub and forestry slash since Saturday night. The fire was contained... Read More
07:55pm Sun 24 Dec, 2023
Firefighters will be on the ground overnight to monitor the fire on Matakana Island, says Fire and Emergency New Zealand District Commander Jeff Maunder. "They'll... Read More
02:50pm Sun 24 Dec, 2023
Fire fighters continue to work on containing a fire on Matakana Island, with extra resources being sent to the island today. Crews will be staying on the... Read More
09:50am Sun 24 Dec, 2023
Two helicopters, nine fire trucks and 24 crew are battling a forestry fire on Matakana Island near Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty this morning. Fire and Emergency... Read More